Through a Grainy Landscape

by Millicent Borges Accardi

Other authors: Frank X. Gaspar (Foreword), Katherine Vaz (Introduction)

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"Millicent Borges Accardi adds luster to her acclaim as a leading poet of the Portuguese-American experience with a new collection of breathtaking scope. She inhabits the new artistic frontier in exploring what heritage means to those descended from immigrants long established in the place of their dreams-"a dark mixture of all I have lost. This collection of poems is as lush and volcanic as the Azorean landscape, grounded in earthiness, rich with the yearning for the sea, and seasoned with saudade." --Amazon.… (more)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Millicent Borges Accardi	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Gaspar, Frank X.	Foreword	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Vaz, Katherine	Introduction	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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"Millicent Borges Accardi adds luster to her acclaim as a leading poet of the Portuguese-American experience with a new collection of breathtaking scope. She inhabits the new artistic frontier in exploring what heritage means to those descended from immigrants long established in the place of their dreams-"a dark mixture of all I have lost. This collection of poems is as lush and volcanic as the Azorean landscape, grounded in earthiness, rich with the yearning for the sea, and seasoned with saudade." --Amazon.

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This is a vital book for those of us whose heritage is Portuguese, but it's also an important book for American readers of every background and tradition. It stands as an esthetic bridge between cultures. --Frank X. Gaspar

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