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When you’re dealing with two authors, you never use an ampersand (&) in MLA. Seriously, leave that for APA. Instead, you always write out the word “and” between their last names. For an in-text citation, it looks like this:

(Smith and Johnson 42)

See? No comma between the names, just a cozy “and.” Pro tip: If you mention the authors in your sentence itself, you only need the page number in parentheses. Like: “As Smith and Johnson argue, the data is inconclusive (42).” It keeps your writing smooth and your reader happy.

What About the Works Cited Page?

This is where things get a tiny bit more structured, but still painless. In your Works Cited entry, you list the first author with the last name first (because MLA loves alphabetizing), then a comma, then the first name. Then you add “and” (no comma before it), and finally the second author’s name in normal order—first name, last name.

Example: Smith, John, and Emily Johnson. The Art of Chaos. Penguin, 2026.

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Notice the period after the title? It’s there. And no, you don’t flip the second author’s name. That’s the most common mistake I see—people reverse both names. Don’t be that person. Keep it simple.