FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Jessica Sturges, 503-597-3685, jessica@beyondword.com

CRAZY LOCO LOVE: A STORY OF PAIN, DISCOVERY, AND LATINO EMPOWERMENT FROM THE LATINO STEINBECK

Bestselling author Victor Villaseñor tells his story of learning to love himself and his Mexican roots.

“Crazy Loco Love solidifies Villaseñor’s status as an enchanting Mexican American storyteller.”  – San Antonio Express

“Reading this book feels like being transported into the private, passionately scrawled notebooks for the author’s untutored early self.” – Adam Langer, The Washington Post

Hillsboro, OR, September 22, 2010 – Hispanics comprise the largest minority in the US population at 20%. And they’re one of the most proud. But it hasn’t always been that way. In the 1940s in Oceanside, California Victor Villaseñor was beaten until bloody for speaking Spanish in class and teased by his classmates for being different. Victor was ashamed of being Mexican. His fear and feelings of inadequacy led him to drop out of school and move to Mexico, where he discovered the beauty and pride of being Mexican.

Pulitzer Prize nominated and bestselling author Victor Villaseñor’s most recent book Crazy Loco Love follows his young self on his journey to find a place to belong, and an identity he can be proud of. Through questioning his Catholic faith and the limits it puts on his own developing spirituality and sexuality, Villaseñor shares the powerful story of one young Latino’s journey from lost boy to proud Mexican hombre.

CRAZY LOCO LOVE by Victor Villaseñor

Beyond Words Publishing/Atria Books

Publication Date: November 9, 2010

Trade Paperback: 97815827022728, $16.00

eBook: 9781439193822

With more than 25 years of experience, Beyond Words Publishing is a leading producer of Mind, Body, Spirit books including the New York Times Best Sellers The Secret, The Power, Infinite Possibilities and The Hidden Messages in Water. Beyond Words is proud to be in partnership with Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Jessica Sturges, 503-597-3685, jessica@beyondword.com

DON’T MISS THESE ONE-NIGHT SCREENINGS OF THE INSPIRATIONAL DOCUMENTARY WAKE UP WITH JONAS ELROD!

“The film is a call to consciousness to everyone who sees it, an invitation to accept that there is more to this life than meets the eye.” — Sting & Trudie Styler

“A hugely important, life-changing film.” — Filmmaker Joe Berlinger, Brother’s Keeper, Paradise Lost, Crude

Jonas Elrod was leading an ordinary life until he woke up one day to a totally new reality. He suddenly could see and hear angels, demons, auras and ghosts.The documentary WAKE UP follows this fascinating story of an average guy who inexplicably developed the ability to access other dimensions. With his loving but skeptical girlfriend by his side, Jonas crisscrosses the country as he searches for answers and delves deeper into this thrilling world of the phenomenal and spiritual. WAKE UP had its festival premiere at SXSW Film Festivals and includes conversations with many renowned scientists, teachers and spiritual leaders such as JZ Knight, Llewellyn Vaughn-Lee, Stephan A. Schwartz, Gary E. Schwartz, Abdi Assadi, Roshi Joan Halifax and Roger Nelson.

Elrod will lead a Q&A discussion after the screening.