Santa Fe Conversation with Myrriah Gómez, Author of Nuclear Nuevo México

When: Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, 6 p.m.

Where: Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Myrriah Gómez’s Nuclear Nuevo México demonstrates how earlier eras of settler colonialism laid the foundation for nuclear colonialism in New Mexico. Myrriah will be in conversation with writer Alicia Inez Guzmán.

In her book, Gómez examines the experiences of Nuevomexicanas/os who have been impacted by the nuclear industrial complex, both the weapons industry and the commercial industry. Gómez argues that Los Alamos was created as a racist project that targeted poor and working-class Nuevomexicana/o farming families, along with their Pueblo neighbors, to create a nuclear empire. The resulting imperialism has left a legacy of disease and distress throughout New Mexico that continues today.

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