In The Politics of Identity and Mimetic Constructions in the Philippine Transnational Experience, Sharon Orig noted that Capili's early work on displacement and reterritorialization in Philippine expatriate poetry in the United States (1993) "expounds on 'de-territorialization' as a 'displacement,' 'dislocation,' or simply a feeling of 'not being home'" [REF].
The Philippine PEN (Poets & Playwrights, Essayists, Novelists) formally launched the newest publications from writers Jaime An Lim, Jose Wendell Capili, and National Artist for Literature F. Sionil Jose on Saturday, May 28, 2016 at Solidaridad Bookstore in Ermita, Manila.