How the Torda Girls Kept Their Accents: A Mother/Daughter Reading of Julia Alvarez's How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

Session H.31

Role	Name as printed	Affiliation as printed	Paper
Chair	Janet Bean	University of North Carolina, Greensboro → University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Presenters	Janet Bean	University of North Carolina, Greensboro → University of North Carolina at Greensboro	Beyond School Books: The Role of Reading in the Literacy Narratives of First-Year Composition Students
Presenters	Rona Kaufman	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor → University of Michigan	Reading with Oprah
Presenters	Lee Torda	University of North Carolina, Greensboro → University of North Carolina at Greensboro	How the Torda Girls Kept Their Accents: A Mother/Daughter Reading of Julia Alvarez's How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

Source

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Cite as: Conference on College Composition and Communication. “How the Torda Girls Kept Their Accents: A Mother/Daughter Reading of Julia Alvarez's How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents.” 1998 Convention Program, Chicago, session H.31. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 2, 2026.