Reading Other People’s Diaries: Lives Cut Short

Reading the published diary of someone who died early can be a poignant experience. You can only speculate on what they might have become had they lived. Sometimes all you can think is, “The world lost this person too soon.” Petr Ginz (1928-1944) was a child of extraordinary energy and gifts: between the ages of…

Art finds a home at the Library

A small art installation by the Somerville Arts Council’s 2014 Multi-disciplinary Artist Fellow Kris Hatch has found a permanent home in two of the Somerville Libraries.  Stationed appropriately between the Mystery and Reference sections at the West Branch, ‘The Book of Knowledge’ is a Victorian curio cabinet that invites the viewer to become a part of…