Travel Bug Book Group

Please join us to discuss Joseph Lee’s Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for the Indigenous Identity

From award-winning journalist Joseph Lee, Nothing More of This Land is a sweeping, personal exploration of Indigenous identity and the challenges facing Indigenous people around the world.

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. Drawing from his roots as a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe, Lee expands his lens to Indigenous communities across the globe — from Alaska to California to the United Nations — capturing their struggles, resilience, and transformation. Through intimate storytelling and sharp reporting, Lee challenges outdated narratives and reveals the vibrant, diverse realities of Indigenous life today. This compelling debut is both a tribute to heritage and a call to reimagine a future beyond colonial legacy.

“Nothing More of This Land is an exploration of a complex heritage that is self-searching, deeply intelligent and honest. But it is also a book about America, the public realm, what an Indigenous identity means in this country, and how this has molded the life of Joseph Lee, who is a brilliant and sensitive chronicler of his own destiny and that of his community."
—Colm Tóibín, author of Brooklyn and Long Island

“Lee writes not to restore some lost purity, but to chart a map forward—one that embraces contradiction, survival, and the quiet force of continuity. Few books manage to feel this intimate and this expansive, this tender and this unflinching.”
—Morgan Talty, author of Night of the Living Rez and Fire Exit

Books will be available at Travel Bug or you can buy from us online

Discussion group is hosted in
Travel Bug the first Tuesday of the month by Aimee Gwynne Franklyn.

Aimee Gwynne Franklyn is an independent curator, art consultant and producer based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her ongoing research focuses on the community benefits of public art, interdisciplinary
collaboration, art-making as a transformative tool for healing PTSD, and the critical role arts education plays in reducing recidivism in the carceral
system.

Everyone welcome! A glass of beer or wine on us!