MLA works cited example: Foreword, introduction, preface, or afterword. Author of introduction is given last name first: Ozick, Cynthia. Title of introduction is “Portrait of the Essay as a Warm Body.” Book part is Introduction. Book title is The Best American Essays 1998. It is italicized. Editor same as author, last name only: Ed. Ozick. City of publication is Boston. Publisher is Houghton. Year is 1998. Pages of selection: xv-xxi. Medium is Print.