Jo Livingstone Explained

Jo Livingstone is a British literary critic who publishes primarily in American venues. They are the former staff writer for culture at The New Republic and one of the eight writers of a letter to the New York Times complaining of anti-trans bias. As of 2023, they publish the blog The Stopgap with Daniel M. Lavery.

Early life and education

Livingstone received a B.A. in English language and literature from the University of Oxford in 2010 and a PhD from New York University in medieval literature in 2015.[1]

Career

Livingstone wrote cultural criticism for The New Republic between 2017 and 2022.[2] [3] They have also written for Bookforum. They are one of the eight writers of a 2023 letter to the New York Times complaining of anti-trans bias that was signed by over 1000 contributors to the Times.[4] [5] [6] [7] As of 2023, they publish the blog The Stopgap with Daniel M. Lavery.[8] [9]

Awards and recognition

Livingstone received the 2017 Newswomen's Club of New York's Front Page Award for opinion writing[10] and the 2020 National Book Critics' Circle's Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing.[11] [12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Scarborough King . Rachel . Public Thinker: Jo Livingstone on the Critics' Voice . Public Books . 14 March 2019 . 2 July 2023.
  2. Livingstone . Jo . Livingstone Author Page . The New Republic . 2 July 2023.
  3. Web site: 8 February 2022. Fedorov . Andrew . The New Republic's Pendulum of Power Swings Back to the Beltway . The Fine Print . 2 July 2023.
  4. Web site: Yurcaba . Jo . N.Y. Times contributors and LGBTQ advocates send open letters criticizing paper's trans coverage . NBC . 16 February 2023 .
  5. Web site: Wang . Esther . New York Times Writers Call Out the Paper's Anti-Trans Onslaught . Hellgate . 15 February 2023 . 2 July 2023.
  6. News: Oladipo . Gloria . Nearly 1,000 contributors. protest New York Times' coverage of trans people's lives . The Guardian. 18 February 2023 .
  7. Web site: 21 February 2023. Lehrer . Brian . The Issue With the New York Times on Trans Issues . WNYC .
  8. Web site: Hazard Owen . Laura . "A stately pleasure barge of a site": For people who miss websites, there's a new blog in town . Nieman Lab . 3 May 2023. Harvard University.
  9. Web site: Lindsay . Kate . Daniel Lavery and Jo Livingstone on bringing blogging back . Embedded . 3 May 2023 . Substack . 2 July 2023.
  10. Web site: Front Page Award Winners 2017 . Newswomen's Club of New York . 2 July 2023.
  11. Web site: Beer . Tom . National Book Critics Circle Presents Awards . Kirkus Reviews . Kirkus . 2 July 2023.
  12. Web site: Pineda . Dorany . Here are the finalists for the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Awards . Los Angeles Times. 25 January 2021 .

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