#  Mastering Style: The Learning and Teaching of Writing 

 



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 **December 9, 2014** 

 05:00PM - 06:15PM EST 

 



 

**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](http://writingprogram.fas.harvard.edu/pages/harvard-writers-work).



 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



 

 

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