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Lawrence Nault is a purpose-driven storyteller whose work spans speculative fiction, poetry, documentary film, and political commentary—all rooted in a deep reverence for the natural world and a steadfast belief in the power of words to provoke change. A self-described mountain hermit navigating the digital noise of the modern world, Nault brings a quiet yet unwavering voice to the forefront—one that stands firm in the face of injustice and dares to ask the questions others turn away from.

His stories don’t seek to escape the world but to engage with it—to peel back its layers, challenge its systems, and illuminate both its harsh realities and hidden beauty. Whether writing about the fragility of identity in an AI-shaped future, the evolving
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Stone and Signal - Episode 5: Storytelling As Resistance

 

Welcome back to Stone and Signal.  I am excited about this episode.  I hope you enjoy it.

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The Thin Line Between Cancelling and Censoring

Every year, Banned Books Week comes around like a mirror we’re asked to look into—and what we

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“The land remembers. Even if we forget, the soil stores every cut, every kindness.”
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“  We call it climate change, but it’s not the climate that’s failing. It’s us—our greed, our silence, our memory. The planet is not in crisis. We are.”
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“The erasure was complete. All that remained was for memory to decay. The record—printed or digital, could be altered at will. And when the time was right—they would do it again, calling it something else.”
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“A quote is just ink until the moment makes it matter. It’s not the words that change—it’s where you are when they find you.”
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“The point of a story can penetrate far deeper than the point of any bullet.”
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“In an age of infinite information, our choices have never been more governed by what we cannot see—or do not know. We rely on gatekeepers, summaries, and interpretations, not because we trust them—but because we’re overwhelmed by the flood and too weary to wade upstream.”
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“A child asks ‘why’ a hundred times before breakfast—and we call it innocence. But maybe it’s wisdom. Maybe the answer was never an answer at all. Maybe it was the asking.”
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“When you live in a world built on ones and zeros, it’s no surprise that everything in between gets filtered out.”
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