The Little Seagull Handbook: 2021 MLA Update

Richard Bullock, Michal Brody, Francine Weinberg

W. W. Norton, Incorporated, Oct 15, 2024 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 528 pages

Easy to use and easy to afford, The Little Seagull Handbook is the #1 brief handbook because students say it has a positive impact on their writing. Intuitive organization, color-coding, and jargon-free instruction for common kinds of writing make it a reference tool that student writers truly use. This edition includes NEW advice for conducting research as it's done online today, NEW student model essays, and a NEW chapter on writing summary/response essays.

The Little Seagull Handbook, MLA Update Edition features the latest documentation guidelines from the ninth edition of the MLA Handbook (2021). Also available in a version with exercises.

About the author

Richard Bullock is emeritus professor of English at Wright State University, where he directed the writing programs for 28 years, designed the university's writing across the curriculum program and Introduction to College Writing Workshop, and was awarded the Trustees' Award for Faculty Excellence, Wright State's highest honor. In addition to The Norton Field Guide to Writing, he is a coauthor of The Little Seagull Handbook. Francine Weinberg is an author and editor who has worked for more than 30 years on college and high school English textbooks. She is the author of the handbook in The Norton Field Guide to Writing and a coauthor of The Little Seagull Handbook.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Little Seagull Handbook: 2021 MLA Update
• Authors: Richard Bullock, Michal Brody, Francine Weinberg
• Edition: 4
• Publisher: W. W. Norton, Incorporated, 2024
• ISBN: 0393888959, 9780393888959
• Length: 528 pages
• Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Writing / General