The Empty Bowl

Name: The Empty Bowl
Author: https://www.simonandschuster.net/authors/Judith-H-Sherman/240987875
ISBN: 9780826364067

Poems of the Holocaust and After

By Judith H. Sherman

Afterword by Ilana Gelb / Foreword by Arthur Kleinman

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About The Book

In The Empty Bowl: Poems of the Holocaust and After, Holocaust survivor Judith H. Sherman strives to record trauma through art. 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 Ravensbrück 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.

About The Author

Judith H. Sherman

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.

Product Details

Publisher: UNM Press (September 1, 2022)
Length: 112 pages
ISBN13: 9780826364067

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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

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