“Dear Jackson” is a public-access, micro-fiction series created by Highland Park TV in Los Angeles. Each brief episode features a standalone monologue addressed to an unseen “Jackson,” blending noir atmospherics, poetic narration, a manual tyypewriter, and reflections on life at its rough edges. The series sits somewhere between community-media art project and spoken-word diary, offering a uniquely local, low-fi take on modern noir storytelling.
Episode 8 of the “Dear Jackson” series is a short, noir-tinged monologue reflecting on the harsher side of hope. Delivered in a gritty, poetic voice, the narrator paints hope not as comfort but as a tough, clawed creature—something we cling to because we must, not because it’s gentle. It’s a compact piece of spoken-word storytelling, part confession and part street-corner philosophy.
If you can identify the typewriter he’s using, leave the name of it in the comments.