Ann S. Epstein writes novels, short stories, memoir, essays, poems, and book reviews. Her awards include a Pushcart Prize creative nonfiction nomination, Walter Sullivan fiction prize, Historical Novel Review Editors’ Choice selection, and St. Lawrence Book Award Finalist nomination. Her novels are On the Shore (2017), Tazia and Gemma (2018), A Brain. A Heart. The Nerve. (2018), The Great Stork Derby (2021), One Person’s Loss (2022), The Sister Knot (2024), and Who Cares? (2025, in press). Her stories and nonfiction work appear in North American Review, Sewanee Review, PRISM International, Ascent, The Long Story, Saranac Review, The Madison Review, The Minnesota Review, Passages North, Summerset Review, Red Rock Review, William and Mary Review, Tahoma Literary Review, Orca, Quill & Parchment, Fifty Word Stories, The Blue Mountain Review, Black Fox Literary Magazine, bioStories, Spank the Carp, The Copperfield Review, Improbable Press, Ramblr, The Blue Nib, The Manhattanville Review, The Normal School, Carbon Culture Review, Koan Literary Magazine, Earth’s Daughters, Ponder Review, Jewish Fiction, 50 Give or Take, Blue Moon Literary & Art Review, 45 Magazine Women’s Literary Journal, The Offbeat, CultureCult Magazine, The Woven Tale Press, Back in THE BRONX, theNewerYork, Emrys Journal, Clark Street Review, The Artist Unleashed, SPILL IT! and Wilderness House Literary Review. In addition to writing, she has a PhD in developmental psychology and MFA in fiber art. She is also a NEDA Proficient and Certified End-of-Life Doula (EOLD) who uses her skills to help people write their Life Review and Ethical Will.
Why “asewovenwords.com” as the domain name? Weaving and writing have much in common. The texture and pattern of cloth are like the formal structure of a story. A fabric’s colors evoke emotion, as does a narrative’s tone. Both deal in images, concrete or abstract. Weaving the many layers of a complex twill is like creating characters with complexity and depth. Facing an empty loom or a blank page, the artist conjures something from nothing and releases it to the world.
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