Hi Maxime,

When you need to quote the words of the interviewer, I suggest just clarifying this in the text introducing the quotation, e.g. “In his interview with [interviewee name], [interviewer name] asks … ([citation])”

Thank you for this very helpful article. I was wondering if you could help me with a question that bothers me a bit: how do I cite the words of the interviewer in my text (MLA style)? It puzzles me a bit, since the interviews are listed in the bibliography with the name of the interviewee…

Thanking you in advance for your precious help,
Maxime

Hi Şirin,

When the interviewer is not identified, omit the “Interview conducted by …” part after the title, and instead just add “Interview.” at the very end of the Works Cited entry, after the URL. For example:

Nguyen, Viet Thanh. “Viet Thanh Nguyen: By the Book.” The New York Times, 30 Jan. 2017, http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/books/review/viet-thanh-nguyen-by-the-book.html. Interview.

Hi Magdalena,

You can distinguish between multiple sources with the same author (here, the same interviewee) by including the title (or a shortened version of it when it’s long) in the in-text citation, e.g., (Butler, “How Bodies Come to Matter”).

Thank you

Hi Heather,

No, there’s no need to include that kind of information in a citation. If you feel it’s relevant to your point, you can always mention a person’s qualifications in the text—but this is generally not necessary.