Millicent Borges Accardi
Portuguese-American writer Millicent Borges Accardi is the author of four poetry books, most recently Only More So (Salmon Poetry, 2016). She has been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Fulbright, CantoMundo, Yaddo, Creative Capacity, the California Arts Council, Fundação Luso-Americana, and Barbara Deming Foundation. She organizes Kale Soup for the Soul, a reading series featuring Portuguese-American writers on family, food, and culture.