Joseph Reynolds is a novelist, essayist and professor. He is the Founding Director of The Sancho Panza Literary Society and the editor in chief and fiction editor of its associated publication, New Square. His debut novel, Make Dust our Paper, was reviewed by Washington Post best book winner Da Chen as "an instant classic; a major new talent has arrived." His second novel, Run it Once, is forthcoming in 2025/2026. He has taught college in New England, Washington, DC, and Ireland. As an undergraduate, he was a speechwriter and intern in the U.S. Senate office of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.