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Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity

with Award-Winning Journalist Joseph Lee

2025-11-05 13:00:00 2025-11-05 14:00:00 America/Chicago Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity Learn from journalist and author Joseph Lee as he chats online with us about his stirring memoir, Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity. Please register. Virtual -

Wednesday, November 05
1:00pm - 2:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-11-05 13:00:00 2025-11-05 14:00:00 America/Chicago Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity Learn from journalist and author Joseph Lee as he chats online with us about his stirring memoir, Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity. Please register. Virtual -

Learn from journalist and author Joseph Lee as he chats online with us about his stirring memoir, Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity. Please register.

In his debut memoir, Joseph Lee explores Indigenous identity in proximity to land that serves as an iconic vacationing spot for the wealthy–the “island paradise” Martha’s Vineyard.

Growing up Aquinnah Wampanoag, Joseph Lee grappled with what it means to be an Indigenous person in the world today, especially as tribal land, culture, and community face new threats. Starting with the story of his own tribe, which is from the iconic Martha’s Vineyard, Lee tackles key questions around Indigenous identity and the stubborn legacy of colonialism.

Register now to join the author online as he delves into the true and vulnerable story, Nothing More of This Land


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 GuardianBuzzFeedVoxHigh Country News, and more. He was a Margins Fellow at the Asian American Writers Workshop and a Senior Indigenous Affairs Fellow at Grist.

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Live Virtual Author Talks - This new series through Library Speakers Consortium offers live online talks by bestselling authors of books in a variety of genres. Participants receive a link to the program when they register. Please see https://libraryc.org/gailborden to register and also view recorded videos of past speakers.

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