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Title	:	Dance Me Outside
Author	:	W.P. Kinsella
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 158 pages
Published	:	September 30th 1977 by Oberon Press (first published 1977)
Categories	:	Fiction. Short Stories. Cultural. Canada

Dance Me Outside

W.P. Kinsella

Paperback | Pages: 158 pages

Rating: 4.17 | 563 Users | 42 Reviews

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In May of 2019 I read Shoeless Joe by W. E. Kinsella. That was the book which became the movie Field Of Dreams. I loved the book and the author's style, so I ordered some used copies of his work from my favorite online book seller. And I have finally gotten myself around to reading them.

Dance Me Outside was Kinsella's first book. It is a collection of short stories, all narrated by Silas Ermineskin, a young Cree living on the Ermineskin Reserve in Western Canada. Silas has an interesting way of phrasing his thoughts, but it doesn't take long for the reader to adjust to and be charmed by his expressions.

I want to quote the back cover of my edition:
W. P. Kinsella writes about Indians without pain, guilt or embarrassment. He refuses to take a tragic (he would cal it a sentimental) view of Indian life. His view is unrepentantly comic and his stories are extremely funny. Not that he laughs at the Indians. On the contrary: it is the white man and his civilization that is seen to be absurd.

I agree with most of that. But I think that statement about the stories being extremely funny is a bit misleading. There are many amusing bits in each story, but also each one has a bite to it that will (or should) make the reader sit up and think.

For example, Dance Me Outside, the title story. It begins "Little Margaret Wolfchild got murdered down to Wetaskiwin one Saturday night last fall." After that opening, we learn how the young men of the Reserve plan to take revenge on the killer when he gets out of jail. (It was a white man who did the killing and of course he did not get a lengthy sentence.) But someone gets revenge before the men do, and the way it is done is sheer perfection.

Another favorite of mine that was not 'extremely funny' was the story titled Panache. Our Silas and two buddies manage to get jobs at a big mine but the other workers don't like them being there since they don't have blonde hair or blue eyes. What happens to Tom at the mine proves that he has panache, a word that Silas had learned from their teacher not long before. This story might make you cry.

Whether the stories bring laughter or tears or both, all of them are great. I loved Silas. I am looking forward to reading The Fencepost Chronicles, another volume of Kinsella stories narrated by this interesting character.

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Original Title:	Dance Me Outside
ISBN:	0887502245 (ISBN13: 9780887502248)
Edition Language:	English

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Ratings: 4.17 From 563 Users | 42 Reviews

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This is my favorite book... always has been, and probably always will be! I even named my dog after the Title Character. I have read it at least 5 times over the years,... as well as all other books written by W.P.Kinsella.

I first read this when it was published in the U.S. - mid 80's - and decided to reread it when I read of W.P. Kinsella's passing. It still holds up. There are a couple of 3 star stories, some 4 stars, and some 5 stars. I'll give it 5 in memoriam of Mr. Kinsella.

I think this book is an important book to read. It's as though a veil hangs between First Nations and the rest of Canada. This book takes you behind the veil of First Nations people. Each story is so poignant it's impossible to continue to the next story. Some time is needed between stories to let them simmer in your mind. It left me feeling that addressing the issues facing First Nations people is endlessly hopeless.

Well it was either get fired up, or sad. some of the stories did fire me up yo the point of wanting to fight anything with breathe but the overall effect. sad.

Although I am aware Kinsella has the propensity to create sensationalized portraits the First Nations life, I can't help but love this work, his first. It has a distinct charm and perhaps the best cohesiveness or "flow" of any short story collection I've read. Each story is rich with a comedic lightness that balances out the tough matters, without diminishing impact. It was hard to put down and I read it in two sittings.

W. P. Kinella's enjoyable collection of short humorous stories are narrated by Silas Ermineskin, a young Cree living on a Canadian reserve, as he struggles to understand and explain the lives of his family and friends (especially their relationships with whites), mostly set during the 1970s, revealing much of the racism and poverty experienced by Canadian Indians. The stories are often witty, sharp, and critical. My biggest pause, however, is that they are being told by a nonnative (sympathetic

I enjoyed this more than I thought i would. I dont usually like short story collections, but this read more like chapters since it was stories about the same person and their various experiences. I do wonder, however, if this book would have been published or received well today. I was thinking about the appropriateness of a non indigenous person presenting a story that includes many exaggerated stereotypes, when 2 weeks later the huge upset over Operas recent book choice American Dirt was all