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DISPATCH: "A Transaction with Reality," Launching John Tottenham’s "Service" at The Poetic Research Bureau (Los Angeles)

DISPATCH: "A Transaction with Reality," Launching John Tottenham’s "Service" at The Poetic Research Bureau (Los Angeles)

Featuring Rachel Kushner, Paul Gellman, Evan Laffer and Ian Svenonius

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May 11, 2025
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I get my hands on John Tottenham’s novel, Service, in March, a few weeks before everyone else. It’s gifted to my boyfriend, Evan Laffer, who is on the lineup for John’s Los Angeles launch in late Apr…

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Ruby Elliot Zuckerman
Ruby Zuckerman is a writer living in Los Angeles. Her work has been published in the Beloit Fiction Journal, SARKA Journal, XRAY Literary Magazine, and others. She works for a wedding DJ company.
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