Free Copy of MLA 7, Sort Of

If you join the MLA, you get a free copy of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers 7th edition, among other benefits. Membership for grad students is $20, which is barely more than the book costs by itself, and you get all the following benefits:

• Six issues of PMLA: four containing essays on literature; a directory issue listing all members, the names and addresses of department and program administrators, fellowships and grants, and useful addresses; and the November issue, which presents the program of the annual convention
• Four issues of the MLA Newsletter (available online and in print)
• A complimentary copy of the seventh edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
• Web access to a regularly updated list of members, as well as to a searchable list of convention sessions
• A copy of Profession, an annual collection of articles on the field
• Reduced registration fees for the annual convention
• Membership in divisions and discussion groups concerned with scholarly and teaching interests
• Online forums for divisions and discussion groups
• Significant discounts on the MLA International Bibliography and more than 200 books and pamphlets published by the MLA
• Eligibility to vote for officers, members of the Executive Council, members of the Delegate Assembly, and members of division and discussion group executive committees
• Participation in MLA-sponsored group insurance plans
• Ability to search the online MLA Job Information List if your department is a member of the Association of Departments of English (ADE) or the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages (ADFL) (Learn more)