Correspondents include: Elisheva Urbas, James Wilson, Erica Seidman, Roger Strauss, Jeff Seroy and Jonathan Galassi.

Topics discussed in correspondence cover: writing biography of Nadine Gordimer, legal agreements towards publishing books, visiting Lilley Library and Indiana University, copy rights issues, travelling to USA and Europe, honorary degrees and interviews, lectures presented at various foreign universities, world conferences attendance, guidance provided to the publishers relating to the rules of publishing and editing, attendance of public events, interviews with the press, correspondence on sales and advertising Nadine Gordimer's books.