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.
Career
Livingstone wrote cultural criticism for The New Republic between 2017 and 2022. 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. As of 2023, they publish the blog The Stopgap with Daniel M. Lavery.
Awards and recognition
Livingstone received the 2017 Newswomen's Club of New York's Front Page Award for opinion writing and the 2020 National Book Critics' Circle's Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing.
References
External links
The Stopgap blog
Living people
21st-century British journalists
British literary critics
Alumni of the University of Oxford
New York University alumni
Non-binary journalists
British non-binary writers
Year of birth missing (living people)