In one of his former lives, A.D. Capili taught at university and published reviews and research articles on philosophy and literature. He now writes poetry, short stories, and creative non-fiction that weave together his experiences as an expat in Belgium, his Filipino background, and insights from his philosophical, literary, and historical studies. His creative work can be found in various magazines and journals like Big City Lit, Paris Lit Up, Little Fish, Ley Lines, The New Croton Review, The Brussels Review, and The Quiet Reader. A long-time educator, A.D. currently teaches at a European School in Brussels and has philosophy courses on Udemy. He is the founding editor of ManilaLitMag and Madcaplitmag, which is devoted to Filipino poetry in English.
Creative writing
- “The Appointment” (short fiction in Between the Lines)
- “It Bites,” “Good Boy,” and “The Visit” (poetry in Jackdaw Review)
- “Exiles” (poem on Tint Journal)
- “The Pandemic” (short fiction in The Brussels Review)
- “Collateral Damage in 2017” on Big City Lit
- “Go Back Home” on Paris Lit Up
- “Cravings” (poem on Ultramarine Literary Review)
- “The marvel,” “The visit,” and “Driving home from the airport” (on The Lupa Newsletter on Substack)
- Against My Ruins (poetry chapbook on Amazon)
- The Way I Wait for You (poetry chapbook on Amazon)
- “The Homecoming Gift” (cnf in The Lupa Newsletter on Substack)
- “The Sucker” (short fiction on The Quiet Reader)
- “The Appointment” (short fiction in The Brussels Review)
- “Untitled I” and “Hospitals” on Little Fish
- “When You’re Already in New Zealand” in Pena
- “Dinner in Patras, Greece” in Horseshoe Literary Magazine
- “To Hide”, “Dinner in Patras, Greece” in Amaranth
- “Rizal in Barcelona” on Mountain Beacon
- “November rain”, “Books I have” in Doublespeak
- “Aphrodite”, “In this poem” in Doublespeak
- “Sisyphean” (poem in Ley Lines Literary Review)
- “A poem comes” and “Filipino poetry” in New Croton Review
Books
- It Bites and Other Inhuman Poems (co-written with Anastasia Balasi)
- Philo Lite for Life (co-written with Anastasia Balasi)
- This is How You Lose Her and Other Poems
- Si Ms. Belgium at Ang Mahal na Tsokolate
- Against My Ruins
- The Way I Wait For You
Author pages
Udemy courses
- “Short Introduction to Philosophy for Complete Beginners”
- “How to Write a Research Paper in Philosophy”
Learning scenarios on Europeana
- “For and From the Homeland: World War I Poetry and Postcards”
- Story of Implementation: “Medieval Anti-Judaism and Modern Anti-Semitism”
- “Makers of History”
- “German Empires: War, Leadership, and Propaganda”
Philosophy and literature
- “Is It Desirable to Do Philosophy with Students in Their Second Language?”.
- “How Do We See That Which Is Invisible?”
- “‘Yes, yes: a woman too. Life, life’: Lucia and the Life-Writing Aspects of Joyce’s Novels”
- “No Hard Hearts, No Cruel Men”
- “The Created Ego in Levinas’ Totality and Infinity”
- “Levinas on Creation, Subjectivity, and Responsibility”
- “Recognizing the Other’s Appeal: Levinas’s Contribution to the Discourse on Multiculturalism”
- “Emmanuel Levinas and the Human Person: On the Philosophical Conditions of War and Peace”
- “Hidden Keynote” In Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola’s Understanding Of Human Dignity and Freedom”
- “A Critique of the Essentialist Approach to the Issue of ‘Filipino Philosophy’ from the Perspective of the Mature Philosophy of Wittgenstein”
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