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Aaron H. Aceves

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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 Passages North, Epiphany, and The Iowa Review, among other places. He has taught creative writing at UT Austin and with PocketMFA, and his debut novel, This Is Why They Hate Us, was released by Simon & Schuster. It received multiple starred reviews and was named a Best Young Adult Book of 2022 by Kirkus Reviews. He is the winner of Lambda Literary's 2025 Judith A. Markowitz Award for Exceptional New LGBTQ Writer. ...more

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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 I'm working on two books right now. The first is a YA novel about three kids who work on their school paper. The second is a novel for adults about a …moreI'm working on two books right now. The first is a YA novel about three kids who work on their school paper. The second is a novel for adults about a man who can see the future and gets on a plane that he knows is going to crash.(less)
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This Is Why They Hate Us

4.04 avg rating — 4,361 ratings — published 2022 — 11 editions
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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
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It took me seven days to read this 170-page book. At least I got a beautiful, relatable quote of it.

"He was so ashamed that he wanted to cry... and he was far from home, so he wept. He wept because God was unfair, and because this was the way God rep
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If you've ever had a super close is-this-friendship-or-something-more-well-not-more-just-extremely-complicated-what-are-we kind of friendship it will break you apart. Like it did me :))

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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
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Hoo boy, this book manages to be offensive to so many groups. Did not notice that the first time I read it (I think I was in college?). Still hilarious though. Unfortunately.
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High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
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Painfully straight white male. But unfortunately relatable and funny at times.
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Messy, fun. Fuck-ass ending tho.
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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.”
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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.”
Aaron H. Aceves, This Is Why They Hate Us

“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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