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Set in Wyoming and India, the stories in Cowboys and East Indians explore the immigrant experience and collisions of cultures in the American West as seen through the eyes of outsiders. From Indian motel owners to a kleptomaniac foreign exchange student, a cross-dressing sari-wearing cowboy to oil-rig workers, an adopted cowgirl to a medical tourist in India – the characters in these stories are lonely and are looking for connection, and yet they can also be problematic and aggressive in order to survive in an isolated landscape.
These stories focus on the not-often-mentioned rural immigrant experience. For these characters, identity is shaped not just by personal history but by place, the very land they live on.
"Cowboys and East Indians . . . taught me how to see and hear far beyond the perspective with which I had unknowingly lived. In that, Nina McConigley has given me the real West."--NPR
•About the Author
Nina McConigley is the author of the story collection Cowboys and East Indians, which won the 2014 PEN Open Book Award and a High Plains Book Award. She was born in Singapore and grew up in Wyoming. She holds an MFA from the University of Houston and an MA from the University of Wyoming. She was named by Glamour Magazine as one of ‘50 Phenomenal Women Making a Difference’ in 2014, and her book was named one of 2014’s Best Prize Winning books by O, Oprah Magazine. She has been a fellow at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and held scholarships to the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and for The Best New American Voices. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Orion, Salon, Virginia Quarterly Review, American Short Fiction, and The Asian American Literary Review among others. She lives in Laramie, Wyoming and teaches at the University of Wyoming and at the MFA program at the Warren Wilson Program for Writers.
Cowboys and East Indians Stories edition by Nina McConigley Literature Fiction eBooks
Thanks to a fellow Amazon Reviewer, who frequently travels to Wyoming, I was introduced to this work. At the time – a couple years ago - this superlative collection of 10 short stories, by Nina McConigley, was NOT available on Amazon (!) Fortunately that serious deficiency is now corrected, and with “one-click” it can be on one’s Kindle in a few heartbeats.At one level, the scope of these stories is relatively narrow: all the stories relate to a state with a population of not much more than half a million, and one or more of its residents who is from the Indian subcontinent. On the other hand, the range of her stories’ subject matter is vast and astonishing. Sure, one would understand how she can craft stories on the Indian immigrant experience in a very cold state (going to extremes?) but, far more impressively, she has obtained a penetrating understanding of the residents of Wyoming before the arrival of the (East) Indians, that is worthy of Richard Ford’s Rock Springs. I also saw one reviewer’s comparison with Winesburg, Ohio (Dover Thrift Editions). What I feel takes McConigley’s work to a higher level than either are the transcultural interactions that are of recent origin (and are of personal interest to me). And there are the struggles with cultural identity of the Indian immigrants who straddle two, all too often resulting in the feeling of alienation from both.
McConigley is not heavy-handed with the many misunderstandings of immigrant live, but they are woven throughout her stories, commencing with the first short one, being brown in white Wyoming, and a new arrival thinking that they are being called “Snickers.” One woman is contracted by the local hospital because she speaks “Indian.” And there is the subject quote, from an immigrant still trying to maintain his separateness, as in, from even a different country than India.
Consider the subject-matter range: a man who is a transvestite and has a “safe room” in the house where he dresses up, with his wife’s knowledge, and he now wants to wear a sari; to that of oil field roughnecks on a company-sponsored gambling expedition to the casino in Deadwood, SC, including one, who is recently divorced, forced to bring his child along. Seeing “the Indian” is an expression for luck. There is the high-school exchange student staying with a Mormon family. Her view of America is shaped by “Archie” comic books, and she evolves into a kleptomaniac babysitter. And the hard-bitten American couple whose son has turned to drugs, and robs their home for his next fix. The wife’s take: “I was raised on a ranch. I learned to keep my expectations low.” The story “White wedding” explores the nuances of a family that is already “mixed,” meaning an Indian father and a white American mother, having one of their children marry a “white,” from NYC. It’s enough to make “mixed” lose its meaning.
Le Ly Hayslip in When Heaven and Earth Changed Places (Tie-In Edition) had a scathing section on who is most exploitive of recent migrants: migrants of the same affinity group who arrived a few years earlier! McConigley expresses the same theme in her penultimate story, “Fenced Out.” It is why so many relatives are “sponsored”: a labor need at all those miteuaux motels.
A couple of the stories are set back in Chennai (Madras, to the old timers). One concerns medical tourism and finding love in all the wrong places. The last story is particularly powerful, as one Indian from Wyoming is searching for her “roots,” deals with recent college-grad whites working for an NGO, and accesses a blog that provides a rather scathing description of her.
I did not find a “dud” in the ten stories, and their placement is such that they seem to keep getting better and better. Without hyperventilating too much, I do think they are of the quality worthy of the work of Alice Munro. Nina McConigley appears to have enough years left to match Munro’s insights and output. May she do so. 6-stars for her first offering.
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The short story is a mystery, but McConigley has it down pat. I am hooked on her writing.
Interesting stories. I suspect a strong autobiographical component in the sense that many of the stories deal with a westerner of Indian heritage finding a way to embrace both cultures .
Great short stories. Breif but intense. I really relate to these characters.
Having a strong tie to Wyoming, I was already interested in learning more about Nina McConigley's work. I can't say enough good about these stories. She really is something special and she delivers a unique perspective that doesn't require you to be a member of a minority group to appreciate. Or even raised in Wyoming for that matter. These stories are universal in their appeal.
I dont always gravitate towards short stories, but after reading this book, I have changed my mind. The writing of each and every story is incredible. We chose this for our book club selection and every single member raved about it. That never happens! We each had a different favorite story, favorite character,favorite theme. Each story could be a novel of its own. We hope to read a lot more from this talented author, who explores what it means to belong or not to belong. The quest to find the place where you feel you belong and then finding it isnt where you thought!
Like several of the other commenters, I am not one who gravitates to short stories, but this collection read almost like a memoir of place. I particularly connected with the stories set in Wyoming, since it is my home and I appreciated the obvious attachment to our landscape and wildlife, but the stories set elsewhere were so full of description, it was like reading a travel blog. In addition, Nina's characters add another perspective and layer of diversity to both the Equality State and broader human experience. This award winning book is well worth reading, regardless of genre preference or personal perspective. The writing will lead you into a place that is at once familiar and new.
Well written short stories of Wyoming that capture elements of the West that Annie Proulx completely missed in Close Range.
On a larger scale McConigley captures the loneliness of an expat particularly acutely, both as an Indian from Wyoming in India, as an Indian in Wyoming, and uniquely, as an unusual but authentic native of Wyoming.
Thanks to a fellow Reviewer, who frequently travels to Wyoming, I was introduced to this work. At the time – a couple years ago - this superlative collection of 10 short stories, by Nina McConigley, was NOT available on (!) Fortunately that serious deficiency is now corrected, and with “one-click” it can be on one’s in a few heartbeats.
At one level, the scope of these stories is relatively narrow all the stories relate to a state with a population of not much more than half a million, and one or more of its residents who is from the Indian subcontinent. On the other hand, the range of her stories’ subject matter is vast and astonishing. Sure, one would understand how she can craft stories on the Indian immigrant experience in a very cold state (going to extremes?) but, far more impressively, she has obtained a penetrating understanding of the residents of Wyoming before the arrival of the (East) Indians, that is worthy of Richard Ford’s Rock Springs. I also saw one reviewer’s comparison with Winesburg, Ohio (Dover Thrift Editions). What I feel takes McConigley’s work to a higher level than either are the transcultural interactions that are of recent origin (and are of personal interest to me). And there are the struggles with cultural identity of the Indian immigrants who straddle two, all too often resulting in the feeling of alienation from both.
McConigley is not heavy-handed with the many misunderstandings of immigrant live, but they are woven throughout her stories, commencing with the first short one, being brown in white Wyoming, and a new arrival thinking that they are being called “Snickers.” One woman is contracted by the local hospital because she speaks “Indian.” And there is the subject quote, from an immigrant still trying to maintain his separateness, as in, from even a different country than India.
Consider the subject-matter range a man who is a transvestite and has a “safe room” in the house where he dresses up, with his wife’s knowledge, and he now wants to wear a sari; to that of oil field roughnecks on a company-sponsored gambling expedition to the casino in Deadwood, SC, including one, who is recently divorced, forced to bring his child along. Seeing “the Indian” is an expression for luck. There is the high-school exchange student staying with a Mormon family. Her view of America is shaped by “Archie” comic books, and she evolves into a kleptomaniac babysitter. And the hard-bitten American couple whose son has turned to drugs, and robs their home for his next fix. The wife’s take “I was raised on a ranch. I learned to keep my expectations low.” The story “White wedding” explores the nuances of a family that is already “mixed,” meaning an Indian father and a white American mother, having one of their children marry a “white,” from NYC. It’s enough to make “mixed” lose its meaning.
Le Ly Hayslip in When Heaven and Earth Changed Places (Tie-In Edition) had a scathing section on who is most exploitive of recent migrants migrants of the same affinity group who arrived a few years earlier! McConigley expresses the same theme in her penultimate story, “Fenced Out.” It is why so many relatives are “sponsored” a labor need at all those miteuaux motels.
A couple of the stories are set back in Chennai (Madras, to the old timers). One concerns medical tourism and finding love in all the wrong places. The last story is particularly powerful, as one Indian from Wyoming is searching for her “roots,” deals with recent college-grad whites working for an NGO, and accesses a blog that provides a rather scathing description of her.
I did not find a “dud” in the ten stories, and their placement is such that they seem to keep getting better and better. Without hyperventilating too much, I do think they are of the quality worthy of the work of Alice Munro. Nina McConigley appears to have enough years left to match Munro’s insights and output. May she do so. 6-stars for her first offering.
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