Of Car­ol Ascher’s six books, three�”including her mem­oir, Afterimages�”explore the shad­ows of Nazism on those who fled and her gen­er­a­tion. Ascher’s sto­ries and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Hart­ford Courant, Nation, Ms., and numer­ous lit­er­ary mag­a­zines; she has received awards from the NEA, NYFA, and the Foun­da­tion for Jew­ish Culture.