Santa Cruz Authors Part 2

Being gay doesn't have to be a secret anymore. Recent news reports show that many more people are identifying themselves as gay or lesbian during their teenage years, and the number of high schools with clubs such as gay-straight alliances has grown dramatically. But while the bookstore and library shelves are crammed with "straight" boy-girl romances, there are very few young adult novels that celebrate the love story between teens of the same sex. In her trademark, darkly humorous voice, Julie Anne Peters has written a moving, compelling, and witty love story between two girls. "Keeping You a Secret" is a contemporary, worthy successor to such classic YA coming out novels as "Annie on My Mind" and "I'll Get There, It Better Be Worth the Trip", as well a companion to recent popular gay teen novels, including "Rainbow Boys" and "Empress of the World". Author of 10 novels, Julie Anne Peters says "Keeping You a Secret" is "the book [she] was meant to write."

Robert Sward s" Collected Poems" received attention from Alan Cheuse, bookreviewer for National Public Radio in Encylopedia Britannica, naming it one ofthe top poetry books in North America. Sward has taught at CornellUniversity, the Iowa Writers Workshop, and at the UC Santa Cruz Extension.A Guggenheim Fellow, he is a recipient of the Villa Montalvo Literary ArtsAward. His twenty books include: "Four Incarnations, New & Selected Poems"(Coffee House Press), "A Much-Married Man, " a novel, "Rosicrucian in theBasement, Heavenly Sex," and "Three Dogs & a Parrot." Sward serves as contributingeditor to the Internet 's "Web Del Sol" and "Blue Moon Review."

"A farmer and family man by day, blues musician by night, and a drinker of fine spirits at any hour, BB's life seemed simple. But this fragile peace comes crashing down when the LPs decide to take his land by any means possible. When all is lost, BB lashes out, setting into motion acts of revenge only a Big Bad Wolf could unleash"

Tom Killion's luminous wood and lino-cut prints of the California coast spring from a combination of the artist's deeply-rooted sense of place and his internalization of the aesthetics of the traditional Japanese landscape print.

Feelings of anxiety can sap your energy, joy, and vitality. But now the scientists at the Institute of HeartMath(R) have adapted their revolutionary techniques into a fast and simple program that you can use to break free from anxiety once and for all.