Description: In The Empty Bowl: Poems of the Holocaust and After, Holocaust survivor Judith H. Sherman strives to record trauma through art.
Brief description: 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.
Review Quotes: 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