About J.F. Martel
J.F. Martel is a writer on art, culture, and philosophy.
His essays have appeared in publications such as Daedalus, the Times Literary Supplement, the North American Review, Metapsychosis, and Canadian Notes & Queries, as well as in print anthologies from Tarcher-Penguin, North Atlantic Books, and Intellect Books. He wrote the foreword for Michael Olivo's Saints & Sand (Harpy Books, 2024); the essay, "Photography is Haunted," for Shannon Taggart's Séance (Atelier Editions); and the foreword for Jobe Bittman's The Book of Antitheses (Lamentations of the Flame Princess, 2021). Published in 2016, J.F.'s long-form essay, “Reality is Analog: Philosophizing with Stranger Things,” is available in e-book format from Untimely Books.
He is the author of Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice, published in 2015 by Evolver Editions. The book has since been translated into Spanish, Italian, and Korean. In 2025, Reclaiming Art was reissued by Basic Books in the U.S. and Abacus Books in the UK, with an introduction by the novelist Donna Tartt.
J.F. co-hosts the Weird Studies podcast, a series of conversations with musicologist Phil Ford on the intersections of philosophy, the arts, and the weird.
His essays have appeared in publications such as Daedalus, the Times Literary Supplement, the North American Review, Metapsychosis, and Canadian Notes & Queries, as well as in print anthologies from Tarcher-Penguin, North Atlantic Books, and Intellect Books. He wrote the foreword for Michael Olivo's Saints & Sand (Harpy Books, 2024); the essay, "Photography is Haunted," for Shannon Taggart's Séance (Atelier Editions); and the foreword for Jobe Bittman's The Book of Antitheses (Lamentations of the Flame Princess, 2021). Published in 2016, J.F.'s long-form essay, “Reality is Analog: Philosophizing with Stranger Things,” is available in e-book format from Untimely Books.
He is the author of Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice, published in 2015 by Evolver Editions. The book has since been translated into Spanish, Italian, and Korean. In 2025, Reclaiming Art was reissued by Basic Books in the U.S. and Abacus Books in the UK, with an introduction by the novelist Donna Tartt.
J.F. co-hosts the Weird Studies podcast, a series of conversations with musicologist Phil Ford on the intersections of philosophy, the arts, and the weird.
Contact
Professional inquiries should be directed to J.F. Martel’s literary agent, Katherine Fausset of Curtis Brown, Ltd., at [email protected].
For personal correspondence, J.F. can be reached at [email protected].
For personal correspondence, J.F. can be reached at [email protected].