Orlando Reade

Orlando Reade studied at Cambridge and Princeton, where he received a PhD in 2020. His
research focuses on early modern English literature and its afterlives across the modern age.
His first book, What in Me is Dark: The Revolutionary Life of Paradise Lost (Jonathan Cape,
UK; Astra House, US) looked at twelve readers of Milton’s epic poem, including Thomas
Jefferson, Dorothy Wordsworth, and Malcolm X. It was published to critical acclaim in 2024.
His writings on contemporary culture and politics have appeared in publications including
The Financial Times, The New Statesman, and The Nation. He teaches as an Assistant
Professor of English at Northeastern University London.