The story that gave its editor tears

Jack Limpert recalls a story he rejected for The Washingtonian and why he reconsidered. "Like Something the Lord Made," the story of a heart surgery pioneer who wasn't even a doctor, won a National Magazine Award and became an HBO movie. Limpert's award acceptance mentioned other magazines that passed on the story: "I was trying to make the case to fellow editors that if you read a story that brings tears to your eyes, publish it no matter what."

November 9, 2014

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