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In The Empty Bowl: Poems of the Holocaust and After, Holocaust survivor Judith H. Sherman strives to make art from trauma. Her poems, written largely in the words of a fifteen-year-old survivor, provide historical entry into the Holocaust. Put simply, the poems explore the reality of the events experienced by Sherman in her determination to survive--from first leaving home to illegal border crossings, hiding, capture, imprisonment by the Gestapo, the horrors of the Ravensbruck concentration camp, liberation, and, finally, a full life of joys and challenges that came after, including the unyielding intrusions of the past and hopeful celebration of a compassionate future.

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""The Empty Bowl is a treasure trove of poems that paint pictures of life before, during, and after the Holocaust with the use of precise and descriptive language, where not one word is wasted.""--Deborah L. Coltin, Executive Director, Lappin Foundation ""The Empty Bowl is incredibly moving. . . . Judith Sherman's book is a gift from a survivor of atrocity to all who live today, all who have a chance to change the future.""--Hilda Raz, author of Letter from a Place I've Never Been: New and Collected Poems, 1986-2020 ""Sherman offers us the voice of lyric testimony. Joining the chorus of other survivors who have found a way to make art from their trauma, Sherman's poems are by turns terrifying, humorous, and grimly honest about the horrors of the Shoah.""--Jehanne Dubrow, author of The Arranged Marriage: Poems

The Empty Bowl is a treasure trove of poems that paint pictures of life before, during, and after the Holocaust with the use of precise and descriptive language, where not one word is wasted.--Deborah L. Coltin, Executive Director, Lappin Foundation The Empty Bowl is incredibly moving. . . . Judith Sherman's book is a gift from a survivor of atrocity to all who live today, all who have a chance to change the future.--Hilda Raz, author of Letter from a Place I've Never Been: New and Collected Poems, 1986-2020 Sherman offers us the voice of lyric testimony. Joining the chorus of other survivors who have found a way to make art from their trauma, Sherman's poems are by turns terrifying, humorous, and grimly honest about the horrors of the Shoah.--Jehanne Dubrow, author of The Arranged Marriage: Poems

"""The Empty Bowl is a treasure trove of poems that paint pictures of life before, during, and after the Holocaust with the use of precise and descriptive language, where not one word is wasted.""--Deborah L. Coltin, Executive Director, Lappin Foundation ""The Empty Bowl is incredibly moving. . . . Judith Sherman's book is a gift from a survivor of atrocity to all who live today, all who have a chance to change the future.""--Hilda Raz, author of Letter from a Place I've Never Been: New and Collected Poems, 1986-2020 ""Sherman offers us the voice of lyric testimony. Joining the chorus of other survivors who have found a way to make art from their trauma, Sherman's poems are by turns terrifying, humorous, and grimly honest about the horrors of the Shoah.""--Jehanne Dubrow, author of The Arranged Marriage: Poems"

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Born in Kurima, Slovakia, Judith H. Sherman is a Holocaust survivor now living in New Jersey. She is the mother of three, the grandmother of five, and a widow. A retired social worker and psychotherapist, she is the author of the acclaimed memoir Say The Name: A Survivor's Tale in Prose and Poetry.

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