Jo Livingstone

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. They are a visiting assistant professor in Graduate Communications Design at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York.

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.