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Cowboys And East Indians (2013)

by Nina McConigley(Favorite Author)

4.51 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

098293923X (ISBN13: 9780982939239)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

FiveChapters Books

review 1: Full Disclosure: Nina is a former student and a friend. That said, there's no mistaking the strength of this collection. Each piece is fresh and focused. And we can't, in my opinion, have too many new voices -- saying new and challenging things -- in America (especially in the West). My favorites are "Pomp and Circumstances," "Fenced Out," and "Curating Your Life." The last one gives us a luscious hint of what Nina McConigley will be like as a novelist. Marvelous.
review 2: I've never read a collection of stories like this before: Nina McConigley's debut collection focuses on East Indians living in the American West. The stories are laced through with a wry, bittersweet humor that made me laugh and wince at the same time. Take the first line of "Dot or ... moreFeather": "By the time Sindu Thyagaraja came to live in Wyoming, she was already calling herself Cindy." There aren't nearly enough stories out there exploring the ways immigrants, and their descendants, navigate the complexities of identity and culture--let alone this particular group, the "wrong kind of Indians," as the first story in the collection puts it. I'm glad this book, and McConigley's voice, have come into the world. less

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