Jo Livingstone (formerly Josephine Livingstone) is a British literary critic who publishes primarily in American venues. They are the former staff writer for culture at ''

The New Republic ''The New Republic'' is an American magazine of commentary on politics, contemporary culture, and the arts. Founded in 1914 by several leaders of the progressive movement, it attempted to find a balance between "a liberalism centered in hu ...

'' and one of the eight writers of a letter to the ''

New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

'' 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 , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

in 2010 and a PhD from

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, th ...

medieval literature Medieval literature is a broad subject, encompassing essentially all written works available in Europe and beyond during the Middle Ages (that is, the one thousand years from the fall of the Western Roman Empire ca. AD 500 to the beginning of t ...

in 2015.

Career

Livingstone wrote cultural criticism for ''

'' between 2017 and 2022. They have also written for ''

Bookforum ''Bookforum'' is an American book review magazine devoted to books and the discussion of literature that was based in New York City, New York. The magazine was founded in 1994 and announced in December of 2022 it would cease publishing after 2 ...

''. They are one of the eight writers of a 2023 letter to the ''

'' 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 The Newswomen's Club of New York is a nonprofit organization that focuses on women working in the media in the New York City metropolitan area. Founded in 1922 as the New York Newspaper Woman's Club, it included Eleanor Roosevelt, Helen Rogers Reid ...

Front Page Award The Front Page Award is an award given by the Newswomen's Club of New York The Newswomen's Club of New York is a nonprofit organization that focuses on women working in the media in the New York City metropolitan area. Founded in 1922 as the New Yor ...

for opinion writing and the 2020 National Book Critics' Circle's

Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing The Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing, established in 1991, is an annual literary award presented by the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) to honor Nona Balakian Nona Balakian ( Armenian: Նոնա Պալագեան, Constantinop ...

References

External links

The Stopgap
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