Author Event: Miriam I Rimkunas

Join us for a reading and signing by Gorham’s own Miriam Rimkunas from their new novel, Survivor Concentrate: An Apocalyptic Fable.

Concentrate on the vast Siberian taiga and these claustrophobic wood walls. Tucked in the trees of a mountainside, these walls used to shelter the three sisters Popov and their impossible bloody secrets. Now this cabin is home to Song Min-jae, a North Korean fledgling. It is here in these walls that he discovers two doors, which seem to lead nowhere. The sisters Popov built those doors. The youngest built the door in the attic, seeking an escape from her own trauma and hunger. The eldest built her door in the bedroom, seeking only God. And the middle Popov sister, she is a god now. In these wood walls, Min-jae learns he is not alone.

Miriam I. Rimkunas is a lifelong Mainer and writer based in Portland. Prior to this work, they wrote and produced the serialized podcast Extraordinary Terrestrials. When not splicing genres, Miriam enjoys knitting, playing bass, gardening, and worshiping their two cats with their family.