Susan Coll

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Book Review
The Washington Post
‘How to Sleep at Night’ comically captures the pain of running for office

Here’s a question for the gods of publishing: Is launching a debut novel about a family riven by partisan politics just before a divisive leader once again takes office a good idea, or will readers prefer to stick their heads in the sand and read the classics or watch trash TV for the next four years?

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We asked Washington writers to share stories, essays, poems, drafts, musings, and other things they’ve been working on during quarantine. Today, a riff by Susan Coll, who is the author of five novels, most recently The Stager.
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The assignment: Craft a novel from the literary equivalent of found objects. Consider the narrative possibilities contained not just in letters and e-mails, but in school report cards, emergency room bills and police reports filed by night managers at Westin Hotels.
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