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Jo Livingstone

Jo Livingstone is a former staff writer at The New Republic.

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September 27, 2016
MagazineJo Livingstone
Enigma Variations
Notes toward a theory of Nell Zink.
July 20, 2016
Jo Livingstone
Dave Eggers’s Sentimental Journey
His new novel 'Heroes of the Frontier' turns a troubled mother into a questing hero.
May 2, 2016
MagazineJo Livingstone
How Literature Became Word Perfect
Before the word processor, perfect copy was the domain of the typist—not the literary genius.
November 5, 2015
Jo Livingstone
What Your Tattoo Says About the World
A new book dissects the meanings of tattoo cultures
October 9, 2015
Jo Livingstone
Speaking in Tongues
From Elvish to Dothraki, the rise of invented languages
July 24, 2015
Jo Livingstone
Is Worrying a Modernist Invention?

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