David Plotz talks with with author\xa0Tom Perrotta\xa0about why Tracy Flick doesn\u2019t have the life she dreamed of in his new novel,\xa0Tracy Flick Can\u2019t Win. A sequel to Perrotta\u2019s 1998 novel\xa0Election,\xa0Tracy Flick Can\u2019t Win\xa0meets up with Tracy Flick decades later where she\u2019s a single mother and assistant principal of a New Jersey high school.\xa0\nTweet us your questions\xa0@SlateGabfest\xa0or email us at\xa0gabfest@slate.com. (Messages could be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)\nPodcast production by Cheyna Roth.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices