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Jo Livingstone is a British literary critic who publishes primarily in American venues.[1] 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

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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

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Livingstone wrote cultural criticism for The New Republic between 2017 and 2022.[2][3] They have also written for Bookforum.[4] 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.[5][6][7][8] As of 2023, they publish the blog The Stopgap with Daniel M. Lavery.[4][9]

Awards and recognition

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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]

References

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