Join us in celebrating Aaron H. Aceves’s new book This is Why They Hate Us! He will be in conversation with Jason June. The event will include a moderated discussion, an audience Q&A, and a signing line.
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This event is free and open to the public.
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Start time: 7 P.M.
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Run time: 45-60 minutes, followed by a signing line.
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Location: Second floor of BookPeople.
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The author will be signing and personalizing copies of their book after the speaking portion of the event
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To get a book signed, a copy of the event book or an item of equal value must be purchased from BookPeople.
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Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
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There will not be a live stream or recording available.
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BookPeople reserves the right to cancel or postpone this event if necessay.
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If you have any other questions, please email us at online@bookpeople.com
This fun, irreverent summer romp is Netflix’s Never Have I Ever meets What If It’s Us about a high school senior determined to get over his unrequited feelings for his best friend by getting under someone else.
Enrique “Quique” Luna has one goal this summer—get over his crush on Saleem Kanazi by pursuing his other romantic prospects. Never mind that he’s only out to his best friend, Fabiola. Never mind that he has absolutely zero game. And definitely forget the fact that good and kind and, not to mention, beautiful Saleem is leaving LA for the summer to meet a girl his parents are trying to set him up with.
Luckily, Quique’s prospects are each intriguing in their own ways. There’s stoner-jock Tyler Montana, who might be just as interested in Fabiola as he is in Quique; straitlaced senior class president, Ziggy Jackson; and Manny Zuniga, who keeps looking at Quique like he’s carne asada fresh off the grill. With all these choices, Quique is sure to forget about Saleem in no time.
But as the summer heats up and his deep-seated fears and anxieties boil over, Quique soon realizes that getting over one guy by getting under a bunch of others may not have been the best laid plan and living his truth can come at a high cost.
ABOUT AARON H. ACEVES
Aaron H. Aceves is a bisexual, Mexican American writer born and raised in East Los Angeles. He graduated from Harvard College and received his MFA from Columbia University. His fiction has appeared in jmww, Epiphany, and them., among other places. He currently lives in Texas, where he serves as an Early Career Provost Fellow at UT Austin.
ABOUT JASON JUNE
Jason June has planned to be a merperson ever since he first saw The Little Mermaid and strongly identified with King Triton’s daughters. While he waits for his fin to appear, Jason June is a New York Times bestselling author who writes young adult works full of queer joy and love and lust and magic. He is the author of Jay’s Gay Agenda and Out of the Blue.
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