Millicent Borges Accardi is a Portuguese-American writer. She has four poetry collections including Only More So (Salmon Poetry Ireland) and the 2022 book, Quarantine Highway (FlowerSong). Among her awards are fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Council, CantoMundo, Fulbright, Foundation for Contemporary Arts NYC (Covid grant). She lives in the hippie-arts community of Topanga, CA where she curates Kale Soup for the Soul and the Poets & Writers sponsored Loose Lips poetry readings.