Orlando Reade

Orlando Reade studied at Cambridge and Princeton, where he received his PhD in English literature in 2020. For a period of five years, he taught in New Jersey prisons. He is now an assistant professor of English at Northeastern University London. His writing has appeared in publications including The Guardian, Frieze, and The White Review, where he also served as a contributing editor.

Princeton Goes to Prison: Teaching Paradise Lost to Incarcerated Students in New Jersey

Orlando Reade on Privilege, Freedom and the Importance of Reading Disobediently

December 10, 2024 By Orlando Reade

Greta Gerwig’s Paradise Lost

Orlando Reade on the Deep Parallels Between Barbie and John Milton’s Late Renaissance Epic

August 23, 2023 By Orlando Reade

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