A guide for people who love books and for those who want to write them. Long before there were creative writing workshops and degrees, how did aspiring writers learn to write? By reading the work of their predecessors and contemporaries, says Francine Prose. 978-0060777050 2.31 pounds 5. 31 x 0.72 x 8 inches 320 pages Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (April 10, 2007)