from one straight line one curved

Guðrið Poulsen (b. 1961) lives and works in Tórshavn. She is a trained ceramic artist and has exhibited her artwork widely in Scandinavia. Her atelier and shop, Leirlist, was mentioned in a New York Times article in 2023. She has been commissioned to create public works of art, most recently a memorial in Fuglafjørður dedicated to the memory of women who died during childbirth. The monument is a five-meter-tall abstract, ceramic sculpture—the first of its kind in the Faroes. For her groundbreaking work and many contributions to Faroese culture, Poulsen received the Faroe Islands’ prestigious honorary award, Heiðursgáva Landsins, in 2022. ein bein linja ein bogin (one straight line one curved; Forlagið Eksil, 2023) is her debut collection of photographs and poetry. The collection’s geopoetics and visceral engagement with aspects of the Anthropocene offer a unique perspective on the many transformations that the Faroese landscape is undergoing. Follow Poulsen on Instagram here.

Randi Ward (b. 1982) is a poet, translator, lyricist, and photographer from West Virginia. She earned her MA in cultural studies from the University of the Faroe Islands and has twice won the American-Scandinavian Foundation’s Nadia Christensen Prize. Her work has appeared in Asymptote, Beloit Poetry Journal, Words Without Borders, and World Literature Today; her work has also been featured on Folk Radio UK, NPR, and PBS Newshour. She is a recipient of Shepherd University’s Appalachian Photography Award, and Cornell University Library established the Randi Ward Collection in its Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections in 2015. For more information, visit randiward.com.