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Jo Livingstone is a British literary critic who publishes primarily in American venues. [1] 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.

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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. [1]

Career

Livingstone wrote cultural criticism for The New Republic between 2017 and 2022. [2] [3] They have also written for Bookforum . [4] 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. [5] [6] [7] [8] As of 2023, they publish the blog The Stopgap with Daniel M. Lavery . [4] [9]

Awards and recognition

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]

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