How do I cite an Interview or Personal Communication in MLA Style?

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Citing Interviews or Personal Communications in MLA Style

Citation Template

Your basic elements for citing an interview are outlined below. For a more complex citation, see the first Sample Citation from a YouTube post.

Name of person. Type of communication. Date of communication.

Sample Interview Citations

Interviewer's Name Not Given

Nguyen, Viet Thanh. "Viet Thanh Nguyen: By the Book." The New York Times, 30 Jan 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/books/review/viet-thanh-nguyen-by-the-book.html. Interview. Accessed 7 July 2021.

Interviewer's Name Given

Miranda, Lin-Manuel. “Emma Watson interviews Lin-Manuel Miranda for HeForShe Arts Week.” Interview by Emma Watson, YouTube, 17 Mar. 2016. youtu.be/-NbEbkVrVWY. Accessed 17 Aug. 2017.

Unpublished Interview

Wymer, Douglas. Interview. Conducted by Nora Rackley, 29 May 2017.

Hopkins, Scott. Telephone Interview with the author. 30 Dec. 2016.

Sample Personal Communication Citations

Miller, Jane. Personal communication with author. 4 July 2020.
Rocket, Pamela. Letter to the author. 8 Aug. 2021.

Sample Email and Text Message Citations

Pearson, Eric. E-mail to the author. 15 Dec. 2020.
Wolfe, Michelle. Text message to Sandra Brown. 3 May 2020.
Douglas, Mike. E-mail to Citicorp. 18 Dec. 2019.

 

Please see MLA Style Citation Guide for more information, or contact one of our Librarians in person or through our Ask a Librarian.

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