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SUMMARY:Joseph Lee Author Presentation Watch Party & Book Discussion Sponsored by Massachusetts Center for the Book
DESCRIPTION:Join the Agawam Public Library on Tuesday\, September 29 at 
 6:00 pm for an engaging discussion about the 2026 Massachusetts Great Reads 
 title Nothing More of This Land: Community\, Power\, and the Search for 
 Indigenous Identity by Joseph Lee. Registered participants will receive a 
 free copy of the book (while supplies last) and be invited to a virtual Q&A 
 watch party with the author!\n\nBefore 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.\n\nRegistered participants will be invited 
 to participate in an exclusive Q&A with Joseph Lee on September 29th at 6pm 
 at the library followed by a discussion of the book. This discussion series 
 is part of the 2026 Great Reads MA program\, sponsored by the Massachusetts 
 Center for the Book.\n\nAbout the Author\n\nJoseph 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.
LOCATION:Judith Clini Community Room
ORGANIZER;CN="Kristen Frost":MAILTO:kfrost@agawamlibrary.org
CATEGORIES:Book Clubs
CONTACT;CN="Kristen Frost":MAILTO:kfrost@agawamlibrary.org
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