COVER STORY
In Search of Earl Long
Seeing your governor go crazy on TV is an experience you can't shake. Jason Berry explains why he sent Uncle Earl into the hereafter in his new play Earl Long in Purgatory.

FEATURE STORY
Business as Usual
Despite new concerns over the economy, job seekers are advised to stick to the time-tested basics: prepare, present and work hard.
By Frank Etheridge

The Hardest Job
Going against the grain can be a job-seeker's greatest strategy.
By Erika Welz Prafder

Headhunter Help
How to help a job-search firm help you
By Erika Welz Prafder

BLAKE PONTCHARTRAIN
New Orleans Know-It-All

SHOPTALK
Symmetry of Art and Fashion
By Kandace Power Graves