American Literature: Biographies
- Philip Freneau
- Philip K. Dick
- Philip Roth
- Phillis Wheatley
- Ralph Ellison
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Randall Jarrell
- Randolph Silliman Bourne
- Ray Bradbury
- Ray Stannard Baker
- Raymond Carver
- Raymond Thornton Chandler
- Richard Ford
- Richard Harding Davis
- Richard Henry Dana
- Richard Lewis
- Richard Wilbur
- Richard Wright
- Rita Dove
- Robert Charles Benchley