THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, January 26, 1997              TAG: 9701270203
SECTION: COMMENTARY              PAGE: J3   EDITION: FINAL 
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LITERARY NOTES

Authors Trinkett and H. Nichols B. Clark will discuss and sign copies of their book, Myth, Magic and Mystery: One Hundred Years of American Children's Book Illustration, on Sunday, Feb. 2, from 2 to 3 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, 4485 Virginia Beach Blvd., Virginia Beach. The Clarks are co-curators of last summer's ``Myth, Magic and Mystery'' art exhibition at The Chrysler Museum in Norfolk. Call 671-1219 for details.

Janet Bing, a professor of linguistics and women's studies at Old Dominion University, has co-edited and contributed to the recently published Rethinking Language and Gender Research: Theory and Practice (Addison Wesley Longman).

The book is a collection of essays that examine the relationship between language and gender. Topics include sex and the brain; teen-age language; radio talk show exchanges; and discourse strategies of African-American women. Bing, who lives in Norfolk, also serves as associate editor for the journal Women and Language.