Jo Livingstone
The Awl
New York, NY, United States
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Past articles by Josephine:
Tasting The Devil
The Awl’s holiday series on flavors and spices. → Read More
TEETH
Tomorrow, a dentist is going to pull the remaining two wisdom teeth out of my head. I’m in England, which means I’ll only get novocaine and a smile. I’m not afraid, exactly, but I am humming a little… → Read More
Subject Test
To apply for a doctoral program in the United States, a person takes certain examinations. The big one is the GRE, which stands for Graduate Record Examination. It’s a standardized outfit that tests… → Read More
I Blew a Kiss to the Cherry
On the Philosophical Biology of Marietta Pallis (1882–1963). → Read More
Tempus Ferax
The student becomes the teacher becomes the student → Read More
Safety in Numbers
Romancing the archive with Web Safe 2k16. → Read More
In Defense of Against
…and against “in defense of,” with Mark Greif. → Read More
“I’m big and you’re small, and there’s nothing you can do about it.” –
Talking kindness with Miss Sophie Klimt, teacher of the first grade. → Read More
Can the Academic Write? — Part II —
A conversation about style with David Wolf, commissioning editor at The Guardian Long Read. → Read More
Can the Academic Write? — Part I —
A conversation about style with David Wolf, commissioning editor of The Guardian’s The long read. → Read More
Porcelain, Lacquer, Hardwood —
Kyoungjin Bae and the secret life of eighteenth-century Chinese furniture → Read More
Theoretical Epidemiology and the Novel —
A conversation with Professor Sunetra Gupta. → Read More
How To Support Blacademics —
Ellie Ade Kur’s advice for “Non-Black Faculty and Grad Students Teaching Black Faces in White Spaces” → Read More
Snakes and Ladders —
On Allen Frantzen, misogyny, and the problem with tenure. → Read More
Substitute Teacher —
Now that everybody knows how rubbish it is to be an adjunct, what happens next to the “professor” as a cultural figure? The cartoon academic is old, white, male, has elbow patches, and is rich. That doesn’t fit the reality of most professors these days, especially the rich part: more than half of college faculty is now part time. The artist, teacher, writer, and editor Dushko Petrovich is… → Read More
The Shape of the Year —
School is for childhood but summer holidays are forever. → Read More
Shrimp, Babies, and Medieval Literature — The Awl.
How cultural boundaries between Christians, Jews, and Muslims get all tied up with practices around meat-eating and sacrifice → Read More
Sleeping With The Bees
Dispatches from the strangest corners of academia. → Read More
Sleeping With The Bees
Dispatches from the strangest corners of academia. → Read More
Academia 101: Intro To Lab Reports
An introduction to future dispatches from the strangest corners of academia. → Read More