Jo Livingstone

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Jo Livingstone

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Nationality| British
Alma mater|

* New York University
* University of Oxford

Occupation| Literary Critic

Jo Livingstone (formerly Josephine Livingstone[1]) is a British literary critic who publishes primarily in American venues.[2] 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 that was signed by over 1000 contributors to the Times.[3] [4] [5] [6] As of 2023, they publish the blog The Stopgap with Daniel M. Lavery .[7] [8]

## Contents

* 1 Early life and education
* 2 Awards and recognition
* 3 Career
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Early life and education[edit]

ivingstone 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.[9]

## Awards and recognition[edit]

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]

## Career[edit]

Livingstone wrote cultural criticism for The New Republic between 2017 and 2022.[13] [14]

## References[edit]

1. ↑ Staff, Harriet (2 July 2023). "New Yorker Dons the 'Pearl'". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
2. ↑ Scarborough King, Rachel (14 March 2019). "Public Thinker: Jo Livingstone on the Critics' Voice". Public Books. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
3. ↑ Yurcaba, Jo (16 February 2023). "N.Y. Times contributors and LGBTQ advocates send open letters criticizing paper's trans coverage". NBC.
4. ↑ Wang, Esther (15 February 2023). "New York Times Writers Call Out the Paper's Anti-Trans Onslaught". Hellgate. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
5. ↑ Oladipo, Gloria (18 February 2023). "Nearly 1,000 contributors. protest New York Times' coverage of trans people's lives". The Guardian.
6. ↑ Lehrer, Brian. "The Issue With the New York Times on Trans Issues". WNYC.
7. ↑ Hazard Owen, Laura. ""A stately pleasure barge of a site": For people who miss websites, there's a new blog in town". Nieman Lab. Harvard University.
8. ↑ Lindsay, Kate (3 May 2023). "Daniel Lavery and Jo Livingstone on bringing blogging back". Embedded. Substack. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
9. ↑ Scarborough King, Rachel (14 March 2019). "Public Thinker: Jo Livingstone on the Critics' Voice". Public Books. 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.
13. ↑ Livingstone, Jo. "Livingstone Author Page". The New Republic. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
14. ↑ Fedorov, Andrew. "The New Republic's Pendulum of Power Swings Back to the Beltway". The Fine Print. Retrieved 2 July 2023.

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