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Aaron H. Aceves (he/him) is a bisexual, Mexican-American writer born and raised in East L.A. He graduated from Harvard College and received his MFA from Columbia University. His fiction has appeared in or is forthcoming from Passages North, Epiphany, and The Iowa Review, among other places. He currently lives in Texas, where he served as an Early Career Provost Fellow at UT Austin, and his debut novel, This Is Why They Hate Us, was released by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. It received multiple starred reviews and was named a Best Young Adult Book of 2022 by Kirkus Reviews.

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Aaron H. Aceves Reading a lot. Living my life and not thinking about writing. Watching TV. Re-reading my own writing that it is finished.
Aaron H. Aceves So I've already read and loved Felix Ever After, Where We Go From Here, You Should See Me In a Crown, The Groom Will Keep His Name, Fairest, and Domin…moreSo I've already read and loved Felix Ever After, Where We Go From Here, You Should See Me In a Crown, The Groom Will Keep His Name, Fairest, and Dominicana. Looking forward to reading With the Fire On High, How to Be Remy Cameron, When I Was the Greatest, The Intuitionist, I Know You Know Who I Am, and How It All Blew Up.(less)
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Very well-written but solidly not for me. A blurb on the back cover calls it "Zadie Smith-esque," and that makes sense because I couldn't get past the first hundred pages of White Teeth. I'm not a fan of zooming around a city learning everything abou ...more
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“Why is the world like this? How is the world like this? How is it that humans have created a society that allows a child to come to the conclusion that they would be better off dead than alive because they like the same sex?”
Aaron H. Aceves, This Is Why They Hate Us

“Our minds are truly the one place where no one else can follow us. Even if we try, if we constantly express every thought that comes to mind, if we exist as a walking stream of consciousness, we won’t be able to convey everything that’s going on. There are emotions and feelings and sensations that we’d never be able to articulate.”
Aaron H. Aceves, This Is Why They Hate Us

“People are exhausting. Sure, they can be fun sometimes; they can “open you up to new experiences” or whatever. But the anxiety leading up to spending time with them and the emotional drain afterward make them not worth it.”
Aaron H. Aceves, This Is Why They Hate Us

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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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“Why is the world like this? How is the world like this? How is it that humans have created a society that allows a child to come to the conclusion that they would be better off dead than alive because they like the same sex?”
Aaron H. Aceves, This Is Why They Hate Us

“People are exhausting. Sure, they can be fun sometimes; they can “open you up to new experiences” or whatever. But the anxiety leading up to spending time with them and the emotional drain afterward make them not worth it.”
Aaron H. Aceves, This Is Why They Hate Us

“Our minds are truly the one place where no one else can follow us. Even if we try, if we constantly express every thought that comes to mind, if we exist as a walking stream of consciousness, we won’t be able to convey everything that’s going on. There are emotions and feelings and sensations that we’d never be able to articulate.”
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“Some parents pin all their hopes and dreams on their children, and as a result, those kids feel all kinds of pressure to be some sort of familial savior destined to achieve greatness and keep their extended family from drowning.”
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