Joseph Reynolds is a novelist, essayist, and professor, and the Founding Director of The Sancho Panza Literary Society, which holds writers’ residencies and workshops at Trinity College Dublin. He is the author of the novel Make Dust our Paper, which was reviewed by Washington Post best book award winner Da Chen as “An instant classic; a major new talent has arrived.” His novella Run it Once is forthcoming in 2026. He has taught college in New England, Washington, DC, and Ireland, and is currently a Visiting Professor at Wesleyan University. As an undergraduate, he was an intern and speechwriter in the U.S. Senate office of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. He is the editor-in-chief of New Square Literary Magazine, and its featured essayist.