Mercedes Sosa, Argentine Folk Singer, Is Dead at 74 What a voice, what a heart, what a force of nature. From the New York Times obituary, linked above:Â ”I didn’t choose to sing for people,” Sosa said in a recent interview on Argentine television. ”Life chose me to sing.”
[Image at right: the Langbehn-Pond family, from Janice Langbehn’s Twitter page. Lisa at left, Janice at right.] I had a Banned Books Week / LGBT families in children’s lit post all queued up and ready for its final powdering, but have to set it aside after reading on Tuesday evening
Banned Books Week started on Saturday, and this year I’m celebrating it properly! Â Every day this week I’m going to post something supporting the theme as it relates to books for and about our kids. “Our” here meaning LGBT families, immediate and extended, as well as our allies. Today I’m