University of Texas at El Paso DigitalCommons@UTEP Open Access Theses & Dissertations 2019-01-01 Hedgehogs Oscar Antonio Moreno Huizar University of Texas at El Paso,
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[email protected]. HEDGEHOGS OSCAR ANTONIO MORENO HUIZAR Master’s Program in Creative Writing APPROVED: Daniel Chacón, M.F.A., Chair Lex Williford, M.F.A. Carlos Urani, PhD. Charles Ambler, Ph.D. Dean of the Graduate School Copyright © by Oscar Antonio Moreno Huizar 2019 DEDICATION For my family and friends, present and absent. HEDGEHOGS by OSCAR ANTONIO MORENO HUIZAR, BA THESIS Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of The University of Texas at El Paso in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF FINE ARTS Department of Creative Writing THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO May 2019 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This thesis has had a long history, in which many have contributed. First, I want to thank Benjamin Alire-Saénz and my classmates in the fiction class in the Spring of 2011 where the story was born. Their comments were valuable in shaping the characters and the story that would follow them. Next, I want to thank my friends Daniela Saucedo-Garza, Daniela Gómez, Jael Esparza, Tony Vein, Alain Lizarraga, Pauline Mateos, Lorenzo Corral, Rob Jones, Julian Yarza and Adán Contreras for their enthusiasm and feedback in the short film adaptation of the initial short story.