Tekstportfolio

LISTE OVER UDGIVELSER / WRITING PORTFOLIO

BØGER

Det rejsende blik. Lidt om at blive et skrivende menneske / Pamphlet essay about creative writing, travelling and personal education. Published by Johan Borups Højskole, October 2021. Read an excerpt in the link.

Elisabeth Skou Pedersen og Jon Auring Grimm (red.): Europa. Manifest! /Anthology of manifestos for the future of Europe. ATLAS, 2018

FEATURE & TENDENS

”Modgift til monokultur” / About the fight to preserve food diversity as discussed in Dan Saladino’s book Eating to Extinction and the Gastro Obscura book. Interview with both authors. Weekendavisen 17/2/2022.

”Top fem: Forvirrede stemmer i fiktionen” / Five confused voices in works of fiction, from Lydia Davis to I May Destroy you. Johan Borups Højskole’s blog Kanalen. 19/2/2021

“Serier og podcasts sender par i terapi: Ægteskabets krise udspiller sig i en blød sofa” / About couples’ therapy as depicted in podcasts and tv shows. Dagbladet Information 20/3/2020

“Kan en bygning vidne om en forbrydelse? Ja, mener disse arkitekter, der løser internationale kriminalgåder” / About the research agency Forensic Architecture. Dagbladet Information 24/5/2019

"Har du tænkt dig at date mig for alvor eller er det her bare et spil for dig?" / On dating simulation games and the notion of love and dating as a game. Dagbladet Information 15/6/2018.

"Livet i blokkene set gennem litteraturen" / Literature about life in the ghetto in light of the prime minister's new year's speech 2017-2018. Dagbladet Information 6/1/2018.

"Den lille ø i den store sø" / Two new books discuss Britain's island identity - which may have gained new significance in the light of Brexit. 

"Michael har været på højskole 194 gange" / 61-year-old Michael Rübner has spent 194 weeks at 25 Danish folk high schools over the course of 30 years - and the many stays have helped build his self-esteem. Politiken (Højskoleliv), 9/3/17. NB: artiklen fik en fejlagtig rubrik - Michael Rübner har været af sted 194 uger, ikke gange.

"At slippe væk fra lyset" / A range of cultural phenomena explore the aesthetic and sensual potentials of nighttime darkness which has also become a tourist attraction in a time of increasing light pollution. Dagbladet Information, 15/2/2017.

"Plan og liv i ghettoen" / A group of Danish authors portray everyday and family life in the ghetto areas, many of which are now being re-planned. But how does literature approach the schism between life on the ground and urban planning? Festivalavis for KBH Læser - Københavns Litteraturfestival. Februar 2017

"Venskab er det nye ægteskab" / Feature on two young women who made a special ritual to celebrate their friendship: a friend wedding. Dagbladet Information, 23/12/16 (Front page of the newspaper's culture section)

"Og de levede lykkeligt i et stykke tid..." / Feature on Museum of Broken Relationships, the exhibition Lost Love in Nikolaj Kunsthal, and divorce as a cultural theme. ATLAS Magasin, 2/12/16.

"Fra informationssamfundets køkkenmødding" / About the art of found objects: Lasse Krog Møller, Lars Kiel Bertelsen, FOUND Magazine. ATLAS Magasin, 8/6/16

"Globalisering set fra fortovet" / Ultra-local media tell the story of globalisation from the vantage point of small, local communities. ATLAS Magasin, 10/1/16.

”Byens forbindelser” / Copenhagen in contemporary Danish literature. Dansk Noter, no. 2, 2014.

"Litteraturen genfinder verdens hemmelige hjørner" / New books show a tendency in literature to focus on geographically marginal places. Dagbladet Information, 17/1/2015

"Narrativ trafik: Om København som et netværk af fortællinger - mellem fiktion og virkelighed" / Copenhagen in recent literature, theatre and film. Litteraturmagasinet Standart, Vol. 26, No. 2, 2012, 54-55.

REPORTAGE

"Århundreders oprør ulmer under Jagtvejs asfalt" / Interview with writer and editor Fabian Saul about Jagtvej in Copenhagen and his upcoming book Traces of Resistance. Dagbladet Information, 19/1/2018.

"Et nordisk litteraturlaboratorium" / Report from the Nordic literature festival Txt.ville. Litteraturmagasinet Standart, Vol 28., No. 2, 60-61.

"Blå kys over Valby" / Light installation with a poem by the Danish author Søren Ulrik Thomsen. 22/12/2014

"Farmen på taget" / Copenhagen's first urban roof-top farm in Østerbro. Magasinet KBH, www.mkbh.dk, 26/8/2014.

"Fortovssouvenirs fra fortiden" / Cobble-stone urban art in the Sundholm neighbourhood. Magasinet KBH, www.mkbh.dk, 4/12/2013.

"8tallet bag lås og slå" / Tourist visits in Bjarke Ingels' award-winning building 8 House have led residents to install doors and locks. Magasinet KBH, www.mkbh.dk, 10/12/2013.

KRITIK & ANALYSE

“Groomerens falske sprog” / Lucas Rijneveld: Min egen øjesten. ATLAS, juni 2024.

“Du er god nok du er god nok du er god nok” / Maria Navarro Skaranger: Emily forever. ATLAS oktober 2023

“Et system af fravær og udskydelser” / About Tabitha Lasley: Havtilstand (Sea State), ATLAS juni 2023

“Paradis er et ord på et fremmed sprog” / About the Mexican author Fernanda Melchor. ATLAS Magasin 2022.

“Skønheden indefra” / A reading of Emily Ratajkowski’s essay book My Body. ATLAS Bogtillæg Nr. 1, 2022.

“Mænd, der kigger på kvinder, der kigger på mænd, der kigger på kvinder…” / Reading of three novels that play with point of view in their portrayal of romantic relationships. Litteraturmagasinet Standart, Vol. 35, No. 1, 2021.

“Hvis man vil have en kompliceret historie, er man nødt til at arbejde ud fra et kort, for ellers vil man aldrig kunne lave et kort over den bagefter” /Huw Lewis-Jones (red.): Forfatternes kort. Dagbladet Information, 31. maj 2019.

"Den hullede verden" / Caroline Albertine Minor: Velsignelser. Litteraturmagasinet Standart, Vol 31, No. 2

"Levende landskab" / Malte Tellerup: Markløs. ATLAS Magasin, 28/2/17.

"Sindet som mytisk kraft" / Linda Boström Knausgård: Velkommen til Amerika. ATLAS Magasin, 9/2/17.

"»Grå kyster af hud«" / Rakel Haslund-Gjerrild: Øer. Litteraturmagasinet Standart, Vol 30, No. 2-3, 2016.

"Jagten på det fælles sprog" / Niels Lyngsø: Min ukendte bror. Litteraturmagasinet Standart, Vol 30, No 1, 2016.

"Utæt virkelighed" / Gerd Laugesen: Plet. Litteraturnu.dk, 14/7/2015.

"...Og de stak til søs i en si" / Alfred Jarry: Patafysikeren Doktor Faustrolls bedrifter og betragtninger. Litteraturnu.dk, 19/3/15.

"Teknikken som værn mod patos" / Peder Frederik Jensen: VOLD. ATLAS Magasin, 23/2/16.

"Skarp satire og skønne rytmer" / Virginia Woolf: Kew Gardens - Samlede fortællinger. Litteraturnu.dk, 10/11/15.

"Tågen letter" / Kazuo Ishiguro: Den begravede kæmpe. Atlas Bogtillæg #2, 2015, 53.

"Fluens skrift" / Marguerits Duras: At skrive. Litteraturmagasinet Standart, Vol 29, No 3, 2015, 4.

"Dagdrømme til hjemmebrug" / Judith Schalansky: Atlas over afsidesliggende øer. Litteraturmagasinet Standart, Vol 29, No 1, 17.

"Vandspejlets vildveje" / Jens Blendstrup & Lars Gundersen: Venedig. Litteraturmagasinet Standart, Vol 29, No 1, 12.

"Ungdommens navnløse uro" / Emmanuelle Richard: Letheden. Litteraturnu.dk, 7/7/2015

"Faunens øre blottes" / Virginia Woolf: 22 Hyde Park Gate. Litteraturnu.dk, 8/4/2015

"Der er billeder i!" (with Signe Leth Gammelgaard) / Introduction to a theme on cartoons and graphic novels. Litteraturmagasinet Standart, Vol 29, No 1, 44, 2015.

”’One thing melts into another’: Unanimism, Affect, and Imagery in Virginia Woolf’s The Waves”. Structures of Feeling: Affectivity and the Study of Culture. Eds. Frederik Tygstrup & Devika Sharma. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2015

"Alt ondt fra havet" / Marguerite Duras: Dæmning mod Stillehavet. Litteraturmagasinet Standart, Vol 28, No. 4, 2014

"Danskere imellem" / Peder Frederik Jensen: Banedanmark og Jeppe Krogsgaard Christensen: Åben himmel. Litteraturmagasinet Standart, Vol. 28, No 2, 2014, 20-21.

"Øjnene er også planeter" / Josefine Klougart: Om mørke. Litteraturmagasinet Standart, Vol 28, No. 2, 2014, 36-37.

"Performativ kritik". Litteraturmagasinet Standart, Vol 28., No. 2, 2014, 55.

"Ventetidens drømmespil" / Hanne Ørstavik: Der findes en stor åben plads i Bordeaux. Litteraturnu.dk, 30/12/2014

"Pendleren: vor tids flanør?" / Simon Fruelund: Pendlerne. Litteraturnu.dk, 20/10/2014.

"Fra blodrød til asymptotegul" / Amélie Nothomb: Blåskæg. Litteraturnu.dk, 26/5/14.

"Alt er anderledes" / Ingvild H. Rishøi: Historien om Fru Berg. Litteraturnu.dk, 7/1/2014.

"Journalisternes Fætter Højben" / Mads Brügger: Klovnekrigen. Litteraturnu.dk, 2/12/2013

"Generation OCD" / Caroline Albertine Minor: Pura vida. Litteraturmagainet Standart, Vol. 27, No. 4, 2013, 1.

"Spejlet svarer igen" / Virginia Woolf: Eget værelse (A Room of One's Own). Litteraturnu.dk, 29/10/2013.

"Hvad er begær andet end gentagelse?" / Niels Lyngsø: Fremmed under samme hud og Christian Dorph: En drøm om kærlighed. Litteraturmagasinet Standart, No. 3, 2013, 32-33.

"Skarpe og skæve episoder" / Pia Juul: Af sted, til stede. Litteraturmagasinet Standart, Vol. 27, No. 1, 2013, 12.

"En form for væv" / Amalie Laulund Trudsø: Koordinater. Litteraturmagasinet Standart, Vol. 27, No. 1, 2013, 16.

"Støver det stadig?"(with Karoline Munk Hansen) / A discussion of two experimental TV programs about literature, Læsegruppen Sundholm and Tekst-TV. Litteraturmagasinet Standart, Vol. 27, No. 4, 2013, 46-48.

"Tv, tv, tv - og lidt litteratur" (with Karoline Munk Hansen) / A review and discussion of Danish television programs on literature in the last 20 years. Litteraturmagasinet Standart, Vol. 27, No. 4, 2013, 40-41.

"Litterære kortlægninger" / A reading of Peer Hultberg's novel Byen og verden as a literary map of the town of Viborg. Litteraturmagasinet Standart, Vol. 27, No. 3, 2013, 20-21.

"Det store i det små: Globalisering i litteraturen" /An introductory article on globalization in contemporary Danish Literature. Litteratursiden.dk, 2/4/2013.

"Kærlighed på film" / Marguerite Duras: Elskeren fra Nordkina. Litteraturmagasinet Standart, Vol. 26, No. 3-4, 2012, 27.

"Angstanfald" / Linda Boström Knausgård: Grand mal. Litteraturmagasinet Standart, Vol. 26, No. 2, 2012, 25-25.

"En virkelighed af en eller anden slags" / Gyrðir Elíasson: Mellem træerne. Litteraturmagasinet Standart, Vol. 25, Nr. 4, 2012, 19.

"Det konstruerede selvbillede" / Josefine Klougart: Én af os sover. Litteraturmagasinet Standart, Vol. 26, No. 1, 2012.

"'87erne" (with Karoline Munk Hansen) / The literary generation 1987. Litteraturmagasinet Standart, Vol. 26, N0. 3-4, 2012, 95.

"Sted og litteratur" / An introduction to the study of place in literature. Litteraturmagasinet Standart, Vol. 26, Nr. 2, 2012, 40-41.

"Stjerneskibe og roulader" / Steinunn Sigurðardóttir: Den gode elsker. Litteraturmagasinet Standart, Vol. 25, No. 3, 2011, 9.

"Fordoblingssyge" / Josefine Klougart: Hallerne.  Litteraturmagasinet Standart, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2011, 24.

"Den materielle refleksion: Form og filosofi i Christian Lemmerz' marmoræstetik" (with Ane Martine Kjær Lönneker) / The marble sculptures of Christian Lemmerz. Bogens Verden, Vol. 93, No. 2, 2011, 34-39.

"Den bogstavelige død : Det neobarokke vanitasmotiv i Durs Grünbeins 'I provinsen' (1999)" / Neo-baroque vanitas in the work of German poet Durs Grünbein. K&K. Kultur og Klasse, Vol. 1, No. 111, 2011, 83-95.

ESSAYS

“Det nye årtusindes skyggespil” / An essay about Hans Christian Andersen and about what fairy tales can teach us about reality, art, creativity and the collective imagination in the age of artificial intelligence. HC-Andersen, centret SDU, 12/6/2024

“Luftalarmen” / An essay about the anxiety of starting a family in the light of the war in Ukraine - told by way of my grandmother’s war memories and the annual testing of warning sirens in Denmark. Atlas Magasin 4/5/2022

“På hvilken måde er dette ikke en kirke?” / About Amanda Montell’s book Cultish and the question of whether Danish society has cultish traits. ATLAS Bogtillæg nr. 6, 2021. Også indlæst til ATLAS Podcast her.

"Drømmerne: et rejseminde” / A travel vignette about two dreamers I met on a beach. Johan Borups Højskole’s blog Kanalen. 5/3/2021

“‘Jeg kunne godt have brugt en bog som Klar til kærlighed, da jeg som 15-årig blev kæreste med Jakob fra klassen’” / An essay about young love and three dating self-help books - one of them written for teenagers. Dagbladet Information 5/4/2019

“Der findes ingen sand historie om kærlighed” / A love story told from four different perspectives. Dagbladet Information 8/2/2019

"I kærligheden leder vi efter os selv" / Essay about two new books on romantic love, infidelity and 'the one and only'. ATLAS Magasin, 23/8/2018. 

"Hvordan ved duerne, at det er tid til at lette?" / Short essay on pigeons and Georges Perec. ATLAS Magasin, 13/12/16

"Ærligheder og løgne" / Essay on honesty, lies, and Amanda Knox. ATLAS Bogtillæg, #4, 2016.

"På swipetogt mod evigheden" / About The Game, Tinder, and dating in the #FOMO generation. ATLAS Bogtillæg, #3, 2016.

"Mennesket bliver til et symbol" / An analysis of David Bowie's death as an interactive work of art. ATLAS Magasin, 13/1/16.

"Ein Tag in Kopenhagen" / A personal guide to my favourite places in Copenhagen. Fräulein Magazin #16, June 2015.

INTERVIEW & PORTRÆT

“Vi drysser betydningsstøv over verden” / Interview with John Green about his book The Anthropocene Reviewed. Weekendavisen, 28/4/2022.

“Tavshedens magt, stumhedens øjeblik” / A double interview with Finnish writers Monika Fagerholm and Marisha Rasi-Koskinen. Weekendavisen, 31/3/2022.

“Litteraturens drømmesyn og videnskabens mareridt” / On Odilon Redon’s literary inspiration. ATLAS 4/12/18.

"Hvordan kan vi tale om en national udkant, når alle i provinsen er på Netflix?" / Interview with literary scholar Tina Louise Sørensen about her PhD on peripheral Denmark. Dagbladet Information 4/5/2018.

"En spøgelseshistorie - Interview med kunstner Jeannette Ehlers" / Interview with artist Jeannette Ehlers whose work deals with the Danish colonial past. Kampen om de danske slaver - Aktuelle perspektiver på Kolonihistorien, red. Frits Andersen og Jakob Ladegaard, Aarhus Universitetsforlag, 2017.

"For en kvinde er det en politisk handling at gå" / Interview with Lauren Elkin, author of Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, and London. Dagbladet Information, 20/7/2017.

"Et tidsskrift der forbinder Europas centrum og periferi" / Portrait of the Norwegian cultural journal Vagant. ATLAS Bogtillæg, #4, 2016.

"Gadens usynlige liv" / Interview with Ricarda Messner and Fabian Saul, the publisher and editor of Flaneur Magazine. Vagant, #3, 2015.

"Arkitekt: 8tallet skal invitere" (with Noe Habermann) / Interview with architect Bjarke Ingels on tourism in 8 House. Magasinet KBH, www.mkbh.dk, 22/12/2013.

"Det er ikke den værste idé vi har fået i år" / Interview with the founders of ark books, an English-language book shop in Copenhagen. LitteraturNu, 17/12/2013.

"Hvis jeg bliver byggeborgmester..." (with Noe Habermann) / The candidates running for Mayor of the Technical and Environmental Administration in Copenhagen present their visions for the city. Magasinet KBH, www.mkbh.dk, 5/11/2013.

"Mellemproportionalen" / Interview with the founder of Standart magazine, Thomas Thurah. Litteraturmagasinet Standart, Vol. 26, No. 3-4, 2012, 92-94.

KLUMMER & DEBAT

“Mattias Tesfaye modarbejder læselysten” / An argument that that the Minister of Education undermines his own objective when trying to encourage high school students to read by creating a false dichotomy between high and low reading.

“Om forgrund og baggrund” / editorial for the first edition Johan Borups Højskole’s blog Kanalen. About finding a new focus during as the pandemic becomes part of everyday life. 5. februar 2021

“Hvordan vil kulturministeren redde en coronaudsat kulturbranche, hun ikke engang forstår?” Kronik / Opinion piece on the precarious circumstances of culture workers at the beginning of Covid-19 lockdown. Dagbladet Information, 21. marts 2020.

"Hvad kan litteraturen lære os om vækst?" / Commentary co-written with Niels Offenberg, leader of KBH Læser literary festival on literature and growth. 2017

"Lus og litteraturpriser" / Column celebrating the 30th anniversary of Standart literary magazine. Litteraturmagasinet Standart, vol. 31, no. 1, 2017.

PROFIL & KULTURNYT

“Lånerkort og overdoser” / About American librarian Amanda Oliver’s book Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library. Weekendavisen, 28/4/2022.

"Feberdrømmenes København" / New cartoon album from Adam O. portrays a nightmarish Copenhagen. Magasinet KBH, www.mkbh.dk, 11/8/2015

"Red byens træer!" / A group of Copenhagen citizens is fighting to save urban trees. Magasinet KBH, www.mkbh.dk, 4/7/2015

"Husumgade revisited" / Bue Bredsdorff has drawn a portrait of life in the Copenhagen apartment where he used to live. Magasinet KBH, www.mkbh.dk, 17/5/2015

"Donutten triller over byen" / The Donut Shop has opened three stores in Copenhagen. Magasinet KBH, www.mkbh.dk, 19/1/2015.

"Læskende lykke på en pind" / Profile of Oluf's Is gelato shop. Magasinet KBH, www.mkbh.dk, 26/6/2014.

"Prose before hoes i Møllegade" / The English-language book shop ark books has just opened. Magasinet KBH, www.mkbh.dk, 10/4/2014.

"Mount Tivoli" / New mountain landscape around the old roller coaster in Tivoli. Magasinet KBH, www.mkbh.dk, 8/4/2014.

"En sporty Amagermad" / New sports hall in Amagerbrogade. Magasinet KBH, www.mkbh.dk, 27/2/2014.

"Pilfingrenes paradis ind til byen" / The science museum Experimentarium has moved to a temporary space during reconstruction work. Magasinet KBH, www.mkbh.dk, 19/2/2014.

"De har store pølser på Fælledvej" / Big Willy's Gourmet Hotdogs on Fælledvej. Magasinet KBH, www.mkbh.dk, 9/1/2014.

"Vinduesudstilling for viderekommende" / At first glance the exhibition space NLH Space on Vesterfælledvej looks like any other shop window. Magasinet KBH, www.mkbh.dk, 12/12/2013.

"Der må løbehjules i Fælledparken" / New scooter park in Fælledparken. Magasinet KBH, www.mkbh.dk, 27/11/2013.

"Den mælkehvide lykke" / The Yogurt Shop in Ny Adelgade. Magasinet KBH, www.mkbh.dk, 14/11/2013.

"Vi mødes på Cirkeline Plads!" / New bike paths and urban art in Vesterbro. Magasinet KBH, www.mkbh.dk, 12/11/2013.

"Prisværdige plankeværksværker" / Art works nominated for  Byens Hegn 2013, the award for the best decoration of the fence around metro construction sites. Magasinet KBH, www.mkbh.dk, 24/10/2013.

"Vanløse på det mentale bykort" / Exhibition with art inspired by the Vanløse neighbourhood on the outskirts of Copenhagen. Magasinet KBH, www.mkbh.dk, 18/10/2013.

"Din smutvej er blevet lovlig" / For bikes, a street in central Copenhagen is no longer one-way. Magasinet KBH, www.mkbh.dk, 15/10/2013.

"Hvis bronzen kunne tale..." / The app 'Talking Statues' brings Copenhagen statues to life. Magasinet KBH, www.mkbh.dk, 11/10/2013.

"Ikke alt, der blinker, er reklamer" / The light installation DI.G.T. by Enghave Station. Magasinet KBH, www.mkbh.dk, 4/10/2013.

"Ej blot til teatergængere" / A new café has opened in the Royal Theatre. Magasinet KBH, www.mkbh.dk, 1/10/2013.

"Byens indendørs bjerg" / The new climbing centre Blocs and Walls on Refshaleøen. Magasinet KBH, www.mkbh.dk, 24/9/2013.

"Et gademagasin med udråbstegn!" / The street magazine Illegal! is sold by drug users to fund their addiction. Magasinet KBH, www.mkbh.dk, 20/9/2013.

"Pynt op med byens tårne" / Copenhagen-inspired product designs by Miriam Ortwed. Magasinet KBH, www.mkbh.dk, 17/9/2013.

ANDET

A Partial View: Metonymy, Scale, and Representation in Literary Geography. PhD Thesis, Aarhus University, 2016.