#  Mastering Style: The Learning and Teaching of Writing 

 



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 **December 9, 2014** 

 05:00PM - 06:15PM EST 

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 **Farkas Hall**  

 [10-12 Holyoke Street  
Cambridge, MA 02138  
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## **Mastering Style: The Learning and Teaching of Writing**

**Speakers:** Steven Pinker, Jill Abramson, moderated by Samuel Moulton

**Date:** Tuesday, December 9, 2014, 5:00pm to 6:15pm  
**Location:** Farkas Hall, 10-12 Holyoke Street

**Why is so much writing so bad, and how can we better learn and teach it?**

[Steven Pinker](http://stevenpinker.com/biocv) is an experimental psychologist and one of the world’s foremost writers on language, mind, and human nature. In his latest book, [*The Sense of Style*](http://stevenpinker.com/publications/sense-style-thinking-persons-guide-writing-21st-century), he applies insights from the sciences of language and mind to the challenge of crafting clear, coherent, and stylish prose.

### **Featuring:**

[**Steven Pinker**](http://stevenpinker.com/biocv)  
Author, *The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century*  
Johnstone Family Professor, *Department of Psychology, Harvard University*

With commentary by:

[**Jill Abramson**](http://english.fas.harvard.edu/faculty/abramson/)  
Visiting Lecturer, *Department of English, Harvard University*  
Former Executive Editor, *The New York Times*

### **Moderated by:**

**Samuel Moulton**  
Director of Educational Research and Assessment, *Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching*

Co-sponsored by the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching and The Harvard Writers at Work Lecture Series.



 

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