J.F. Martel - Reclaimed Reverie & Weird Studies

A dream-like Blind Shovel, this one with writer and podcast-host, J.F. Martel. We discuss the French-Canadian identity, the value of reverie, exploring a variety of creative impulses, Weird Studies, and much more."​Jean-François Martel is a writer on art, culture, religion, and philosophy. His essays have appeared in online journals such as Canadian Notes & Queries, Reality Sandwich, The Finch, and Metapsychosis, as well as in print anthologies from Penguin-Tarcher, North Atlantic Books, and Intellect Books. He is the author of Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice, published in 2015 by Evolver Editions. Ediciones Atalanta released a Spanish translation of the work in 2017. His long-form essay, “Reality is Analog: Philosophizing with Stranger Things,” is available in e-book format from Untimely Books. With Prof. Phil Ford of Indiana University Bloomington, J.F. co-hosts the Weird Studies podcast, a series of conversations on the intersections of philosophy, the arts, and the weird."Header image: J.F. Martel