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Millicent
@millicent
Poet, writer, hippie
Millicent Borges Accardi is a Portuguese-American writer. She is the author of four poetry collections. Among her awards are fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Council, CantoMundo, Fulbright, Foundation for Contemporary Arts NYC (Covid grant), Creative Capacity, Fundação Luso-Americana, and Barbara Deming Foundation, “Money for Women.” She lives in the hippie-arts community of Topanga, CA where she curates Kale Soup for the Soul poetry readings, teaches poetry and interviews artists and writers for various publications. She also tries to tend a backyard garden (when the ground squirrels let her).
28 Posts
Sharing the road during the COVID-19 pandemic by Henrietta Dunsmuir
The COVID-19 pandemic opened up a new reality, as life as we knew it was radically transformed. A ‘normal’ task such as going to a food shop became a minefield of ‘Clorox’ wipes and hand gel, and surgical masks left operating theatres and entered our daily wardrobe. Writing durin Dolly Parton
My poem, "In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)" is featured in the Museum of Americana: A Literary Review. Thanks to the editors and appreciation to my fellow contributors. Mankato Library
I wonder if Half Pint is using her library card to check out my book, Quarantine Highway at the Mankato, MN library? #LHOTP #quarantine #COVID19 Look what's new at St Paul's Library! in Minnesota My June 1st poem, "Green was the Silence" (from Quarantine Highway) is posted at Writing In A Woman's Voice today-- My poem, " Still Life with Bird" appears in A Charlie Parker poetry collection Poem "As it Ended" in Spillword Tinderbox Poetry Review
Allison Bird Treacy's review, "Building A City While Drawing The Map: Millicent Borges Accardi’s Through a Grainy Landscape as Creative Scholarship" in Tinderbox (March 2023) Thanks to the HUTCHINSON PUBLIC LIBRARY in Kansas for adding Quarantine Highway to their collection! Mom Egg Review
Thank you to Barbara Ellen Sorensen for the insightful review in MER - MOM EGG REVIEW HTTPS://MERLITERARY.COM/.../QUARANTINE-HIGHWAY-MILLICENT.../ F Scott Hess Artist Talk
F Scott Hess will be discussing his work at the LAGUNA COLLEGE of Art + Design, on March 31, 2023. 5PM. It is free and he says that he promises not to show every damn painting he's made since 1980. #artisttalk #fscotthess #LCAD #narrativepainting #realism #figurepainting #lagunaco Azorean Poet Discusses Lisbon, KungFu and joys of watching sea otters
Poet: Michael Garcia Spring traces his bloodline back to the Azores – For this interview with PAJ, Michael discusses Kung Fu , digging up clams, SCUBA diving, self-identity, a 33 ft. Nauticat, fado, jazz, living on a boat, meeting Vamberto Freitas, being in Lisbon when Portugal w Here's a terrific publishing fellowship for emerging writers of all genres If you are interested in reviewing Quarantine Highway, review copies are available at Library Thing thru March 28th Ha ha someone on Ebay is selling my book in the UK. Wonder how Quarantine Highway got across the pond? Mini-review and poem in Filamentos (page 17) Thanks to editor Diniz Borges … Out in the wild!
