Millicent Borges Accardi, an award-winning Portuguese-American writer, is the author of four poetry collections, including Quarantine Highway and Only More So. She has been awarded many fellowships, including from the National Endowment for the Arts, CantoMundo, the California Arts Council, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, The Corporation of Yaddo, Fundação Luso Americano (Portugal), and the Barbara Deming Foundation. She is also a Fulbright Fellow.

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