Merwin[8] and Carl Dennis; writers Frank X. Gaspar, Sam Pereira,[9] Jacinto Lucas Pires, Donna Freitas (Sex and the Soul), and Nuno Júdice;[10] Paulette Rapp (daughter of The Bickersons writer), Stephen Rebello (Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho), playwright Bill Bozzone, CantoMundo founders, and Portuguese-American scholar Deolinda Adão.
[11] Accardi's work has appeared in over 150 publications,[12] including Nimrod, Tampa Review, New Letters and The Wallace Stevens Journal, as well as in Boomer Girls (Iowa Press) and The Experiment Will Not Be Bound: An Anthology, Peter Campion, ed.
Artist residencies include Yaddo, Jentel, Vermont Studio, Fundación Valparaíso in Mojacar, Milkwood in Český Krumlov, CZ and Disquiet in Lisbon, Portugal.
[citation needed] In 2012, Accardi started the "Kale Soup for the Soul" for the reading series featuring Portuguese-American writers.
In 2013, there were "Kale Soup for the Soul" readings at the Mass Poetry Festival in Salem, the Valente Library in Cambridge, and the Portuguese Consulate in Boston.