Hand Book: A Manual on Performance, Process, and the Labor of Laundry A book launch for Hand Book: A Manual on Performance, Process, and the Labor of Laundry (2025, Punctum) + film, The Washing Society (45 min) A book launch for Hand Book: A Manual on Performance, Process, and the Labor of Laundry (2025, Punctum Books) is a collection of writings and images from a performance and film set within a neighborhood laundromat, a microcosm of service work within our urban reality. With a focus on the people who are paid to wash and fold, Hand Book explores the convergence of dirt, stains, money, identity, and desire. Informed by both theory and history, filmmaker-poet Lynne Sachs and playwright Lizzie Olesker construct a model for making a site-specific work incorporating both live performance and film. A short performance by Jasmine Holloway and screening of the experimental film, The Washing Society (45 min), made...