Jo Livingstone

'''Jo Livingstone''' is a British literary critic who publishes primarily in American venues.<ref name="Public Books"/> 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.<ref name="Public Books">{{cite web |last1=Scarborough King |first1=Rachel |title=Public Thinker: Jo Livingstone on the Critics' Voice |url=https://www.publicbooks.org/public-thinker-jo-livingstone-on-the-critics-voice/ |website=Public Books |date=14 March 2019 |access-date=2 July 2023}}</ref>

==Career== Livingstone wrote cultural criticism for ''The New Republic'' between 2017 and 2022.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Livingstone |first1=Jo |title=Livingstone Author Page |url=https://newrepublic.com/authors/jo-livingstone |magazine=The New Republic |access-date=2 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=8 February 2022|last1=Fedorov |first1=Andrew |title=The New Republic's Pendulum of Power Swings Back to the Beltway |url=https://thefineprintnyc.com/article/the-new-republic-jo-livingstone-tomasky/ |website=The Fine Print |access-date=2 July 2023}}</ref> They have also written for ''Bookforum''.<ref name="Nieman"/> 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''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yurcaba |first1=Jo |title=N.Y. Times contributors and LGBTQ advocates send open letters criticizing paper's trans coverage |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/ny-contributors-lgbtq-advocates-send-open-letters-criticizing-papers-t-rcna70800 |website=NBC |date=16 February 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Wang |first1=Esther |title=New York Times Writers Call Out the Paper's Anti-Trans Onslaught |url=https://hellgatenyc.com/new-york-times-writers-call-out-the-papers-anti-trans-onslaught |website=Hellgate |date=15 February 2023 |access-date=2 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Oladipo |first1=Gloria |title=Nearly 1,000 contributors. protest New York Times' coverage of trans people's lives |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/17/new-york-times-contributors-open-letter-protest-anti-trans-coverage |work=The Guardian|date=18 February 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=21 February 2023|last1=Lehrer |first1=Brian |title=The Issue With the New York Times on Trans Issues |url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/issue-new-york-times-trans-issues/ |website=WNYC }}</ref> As of 2023, they publish the blog The Stopgap with Daniel M. Lavery.<ref name="Nieman">{{cite web |last1=Hazard Owen |first1=Laura |title="A stately pleasure barge of a site": For people who miss websites, there's a new blog in town |url=https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/05/a-stately-pleasure-barge-of-a-site-theres-a-new-blog-in-town/ |website=Nieman Lab |date=3 May 2023|publisher=Harvard University}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lindsay |first1=Kate |title=Daniel Lavery and Jo Livingstone on bringing blogging back |url=https://embedded.substack.com/p/daniel-lavery-and-jo-livingstone |website=Embedded |date=3 May 2023 |publisher=Substack |access-date=2 July 2023}}</ref> They are a visiting assistant professor in Graduate Communications Design at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jo Livingstone |url=https://www.pratt.edu/people/jo-livingstone/ |access-date=2025-09-25 |website=Pratt Institute |language=en-us}}</ref>

==Awards and recognition== Livingstone received the 2017 Newswomen's Club of New York's Front Page Award for opinion writing<ref>{{cite web |title=Front Page Award Winners 2017 |url=https://www.newswomensclubnewyork.com/fps-index#/front-page-awards-winners-2017 |website=Newswomen's Club of New York |access-date=2 July 2023}}</ref> and the 2020 National Book Critics' Circle's Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Beer |first1=Tom |title=National Book Critics Circle Presents Awards |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/national-book-critics-circle-presents-awards/ |website=Kirkus Reviews |publisher=Kirkus |access-date=2 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pineda |first1=Dorany |title=Here are the finalists for the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Awards |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-01-24/here-are-the-finalists-for-the-2020-national-book-critics-circle-awards |work=Los Angeles Times|date=25 January 2021 }}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://www.thestopgap.net/ The Stopgap] blog

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