{"id":9112,"date":"2019-05-03T07:57:58","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T11:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=9112"},"modified":"2019-05-03T07:57:58","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T11:57:58","slug":"vahni-capildeo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/vahni-capildeo\/","title":{"rendered":"Vahni Capildeo"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4213\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9112-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/VahniCapildeo.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/VahniCapildeo.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/VahniCapildeo.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_9114\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9114\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9114 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Capildeo_TSE1_creditAdrianPope-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Capildeo_TSE1_creditAdrianPope-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Capildeo_TSE1_creditAdrianPope-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Capildeo_TSE1_creditAdrianPope-696x465.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Capildeo_TSE1_creditAdrianPope-629x420.jpg 629w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Capildeo_TSE1_creditAdrianPope.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by Adrian Pope<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Vahni Capildeo\u00a0is a Trinidadian Scottish writer inspired by other voices, ranging from live Caribbean connexions and an Indian diaspora background to the landscapes where Capildeo travels and lives. Their poetry (seven books and four pamphlets) includes\u00a0<em>Measures of Expatriation<\/em>, awarded the Forward Prize for Best Collection in 2016. Following a DPhil in Old Norse literature, Capildeo has worked in academia; in culture for development, with Commonwealth Writers; and as an Oxford English Dictionary lexicographer. Capildeo held the Judith E. Wilson\u00a0 Poetry Fellowship and Harper-Wood Studentship at Cambridge, and more recently a Douglas Caster Cultural Fellowship at the University of Leeds.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9115\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9115 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/VahniCapildeo_MeasuresofExpatriationCarcanet2016_cover-708x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/VahniCapildeo_MeasuresofExpatriationCarcanet2016_cover-708x1024.jpg 708w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/VahniCapildeo_MeasuresofExpatriationCarcanet2016_cover-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/VahniCapildeo_MeasuresofExpatriationCarcanet2016_cover-768x1111.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/VahniCapildeo_MeasuresofExpatriationCarcanet2016_cover-696x1007.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/VahniCapildeo_MeasuresofExpatriationCarcanet2016_cover-1068x1544.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/VahniCapildeo_MeasuresofExpatriationCarcanet2016_cover-290x420.jpg 290w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/VahniCapildeo_MeasuresofExpatriationCarcanet2016_cover.jpg 1764w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Feather sculpture and photo for Measures of Expatriation by Elspeth Duncan, cover design by Luke Allan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9116\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9116\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9116 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/VenusAsABear-640x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/VenusAsABear-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/VenusAsABear-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/VenusAsABear-768x1229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/VenusAsABear-696x1114.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/VenusAsABear-1068x1709.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/VenusAsABear-262x420.jpg 262w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/VenusAsABear.jpg 1594w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cover design for Venus as a Bear by Luke Allan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/VahniCapildeo.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listVahni Capildeo\u00a0is a Trinidadian Scottish writer inspired by other voices, ranging from live Caribbean connexions and an Indian diaspora background to the landscapes where Capildeo travels and lives. 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