The Vineyard Haven Public Library is pleased to host a community-wide discussion about the 2026 Massachusetts Great Reads title “Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity” by Joseph Lee. This program will be held in collaboration with the Aquinnah Cultural Center at 2:00 PM on Thursday, September 17th, at the 200 Main Street Library or via Zoom.
Click here to register. This discussion series is part of the 2026 Great Reads MA program, sponsored by the Massachusetts Center for the Book. The first 20 registered participants will receive a free copy of the book. All registrants will be invited to the Vineyard Haven Library to participate in a statewide, virtual Q&A with author Joseph Lee at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, September 29th.
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.
For more information, please contact the library at vhpl_programs@clamsnet.org or (508) 696-4211.
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