Cowboys and East Indians

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Cowboys and East Indians
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First edition
Author Nina McConigley
LanguageEnglish
Genre Fiction, short story collection
PublisherFiveChapters Books
Publication date
2013
Publication place United States

Cowboys and East Indians: Stories is a 2013 short story collection by Nina McConigley that was the winner of the 2014 PEN Open Book Award.

Contents

Plot

Set in India and Wyoming, the stories in Cowboys and East Indians tell the immigrant experience in the American West. From Indian motel owners to a kleptomaniac foreign exchange student, to oil rig workers, to a cross-dressing cowboy, an adopted cowgirl to a medical tourist in India.

Critical reception

Several mainstream magazines and journals covered the book. [1] [2] [3] A play, adapted by Matthew Spangler and Nina Mcconigley, is set to premiere in 2026 at the Denver Centre for Performing Arts.


Awards

YearAwardCategoryResultRef
2014 High Plains Book Awards Short StoriesWon
PEN Open Book Award —Won [4]

References

  1. ↑ Wolfe, Bill (August 17, 2015). "COWBOYS AND EAST INDIANS is a unique contribution to Indian-American literature". readherlikeanopenbook.com.
  2. ↑ Sen, Chaitali (October 9, 2013). "Place and Transformation". Los Angeles Review of Books .
  3. ↑ Sojourner, Mary (June 14, 2016). "Southwest Book Review: Nina Conigley's 'Cowboys And East Indians'". KNAU.
  4. ↑ "Cowboys and East Indians' Wins PEN Award". NBC News . August 20, 2014.


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