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Jackson Arn

Jackson Arn

Jackson Arn’s writing has appeared in 3:AM Magazine, the Los Angeles Review of Books, The Point, and various other publications. Read his work at jacksonarn.com. icon

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“What Invisibility Looks Like”

By Jackson Arn

Richard S. Leghorn, the Pentagon official who coined the phrase “Information Age,” in 1960, never thought it would catch on. More than half a century later, no ...

Soderbergh’s “Mosaic”: The Future of TV?

By Jackson Arn

It’s hard to work your way through a good whodunit without getting the urge to play detective. Solving a fictional crime demands attentive reading, watching, or ...

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