https://livesteven.com/2026/09/13/dont-get-me-into-some-philosophical-bullshit-about-lie-versus-fiction-fiction-is-creation-lie-is-distortion-one-dont-have-a-fucking-thing-to-do-with-the-other-words-from-marl/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-09-13T15:53:20+00:00‘Don’t get me into some philosophical bullshit about lie versus fiction. Fiction is creation. Lie is distortion. One don’t have a fucking thing to do with the other’. Words from Marlon James ‘The Disappearers’ (2026).dailyprompt, writing, books, book-review, reading, fiction, dailyprompt-2888, marlon-james, the-disappearershttps://livesteven.com/2026/09/12/without-satan-miltons-poetry-would-be-bereft-of-the-means-of-a-story-and-even-more-bereft-of-the-nuanced-glance-of-life-turned-into-a-kind-of-song-where-contraries-separate-and-come-together-in-con/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-09-12T09:54:37+00:00Without Satan, Milton’s poetry would be bereft of the means of a story and even more bereft of the nuanced glance of life turned into a kind of song where contraries separate and come together in conflict and eternal bondage that poetry is, and is ever condemned and blessed to be at its best.dailyprompt, writing, poem, poems, books, dailyprompt-2887, nature-of-art, heroes-or-villains, nature-of-narrative