John Colapinto
John Colapinto
John Colapintois a Canadian award-winning journalist, author and novelist and is a staff writer at The New Yorker. He plays keyboards and sings in the Sequoias, a band made up mostly of New York magazine journalists...
article child children editor grow mentioned phone reaching
I was immediately fascinated, ... How did this child grow up and survive? The article mentioned that this was then done to other children -? this was a precedent-setting case. I was reaching for the phone when my editor called and said, 'Can you try and find this person?'
courage david disgusted feedback people positive stopped streets trying york
David thought people would be disgusted by him, ... but he was stopped on the streets of New York by people who said 'You have such courage for trying to stop this practice.' The positive feedback made him feel so good. He just blossomed because of this.