Including correspondence from Jonathan D. Rabinowitz, Philip Rahv, T.W. Raines, Bin Ramke, John Crowe Ransom, D. Lakshmana Rao, Kevin Ray, John R. Reed, Elaina Richardson, Dorothy O. Riedel, Carol Rigsby, Yvette Riviere, J. Albert Robbins, Craig M. Robie, Douglas Robillard, Eusebio L. Rodrigues, Alan Rose, Alan Ross, Philip Roth, Abraham Rothberg, Paul Ruffin, and others.

The single letter from Roth praises Malin's reaction to his 1983 novel, The Anatomy Lesson.