The Concord Free Public Library is joining communities across the state to read Nothing More of this Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity by Joseph Lee as part of the 2026 Great Reads MA Program sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for the Book. Gather with us for a virtual Q&A with the author in the Goodwin Forum. Lee will visit via Zoom to discuss his book and answer questions. All are welcome!
About the Book:
Before Martha’s Vineyard became one of the most iconic vacation destinations in the country, it was home to the Wampanoag people. Today, as tourists flock to the idyllic beaches, the island has become increasingly unaffordable for tribal members, with nearly three-quarters now living off-island. Growing up Aquinnah Wampanoag, journalist Joseph Lee grappled with what this situation meant for his tribe, how the community can continue to grow, and more broadly, what it means to be Indigenous.
About the Author:
Joseph Lee is an Aquinnah Wampanoag writer based in New York City. He has an MFA from Columbia University and teaches creative writing at Mercy University. His writing has been published in The Guardian, BuzzFeed News, Vox, Electric Literature, High Country News, and more. He was a Margins Fellow at the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and a Senior Indigenous Affairs Fellow at Grist. He has won multiple awards from the Indigenous Journalists Association for environmental coverage, health coverage, and beat reporting and was awarded a 2024 Silvers Grant for Work in Progress. Follow him on X at @JosephVLee and on Instagram at @Joseph.V.Lee.
Thank you to our Great Reads MA partners for helping promote these Concord events: The League of Women Voters of Concord Carlisle, the Concord-Carlisle Human Rights Council, the Concord Visitors’ Center, and the Concord Museum. Continue your exploration of Massachusetts Indigenous identity at the Concord Museum at their free Indigenous Peoples’ Day Family Program with the Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers on Monday, October 12 at 10 AM. Registration required.
