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Nina McConigley on HOW TO COMMIT A POSTCOLONIAL MURDER

Feb 19, 2026

How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder by Nina McConigley follows two sisters who plot to kill their uncle in the summer of 1986. Nina joined us live at B&N Upper West Side to talk about story adaptation, the mythology of the American West, biracial characters, Wyoming, extraction, colonialism and more with host Miwa Messer.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.                    

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Featured Books (Episode):
How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder by Nina McConigley
Cowboys and East Indians by Nina McConigley
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Ulysses by James Joyce
In the Distance by Hernan Diaz
Stoner by John Williams
Butcher’s Crossing by John Williams
A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
Folktales from India by A.K. Ramanujan
On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder