Great Reads from Great Places
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.
Concord Library is participating in the 2026 Great Reads MA program, sponsored by the Massachusetts Center for the Book. Join us for the following opportunities to discuss this year's title, Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity by Joseph Lee:
- Monday, September 21 at 12 PM at Fowler Library with Building Community Book Club
- Wednesday, September 23 at 11:30 AM at Fowler Library with Fowler in Fact
- Tuesday, September 29 at 6 PM at the Main Library for a virtual Q&A
Copies of the book are available at Fowler, including free giveaway copies while supplies last. The ebook and eAudiobook are available to download from Libby. 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.