Is this because Roth is rusty and can no longer summon his youthful imagination and lyric gifts?

When the basement wasn't used for preparing food, it was the playground of our youthful imaginations.

In youthful imagination, it gave the lie to the old clichés of "the only man" and "the only girl."

And all about, their own children played on giant balls, painted, built constructions and generally demonstrated the wonders of youthful imagination.

Caladan was already larger than their youthful imaginations could encompass.

It celebrates children and youthful imagination as much as art.

While not exactly satisfactory, the answer did stimulate the youthful imagination.

Ishikawa recounted, "The submissions we'd get for the boss characters were absolutely brimming with the youthful imagination of kids.

It is well known that the first book that captured Steinbeck's youthful imagination was a juvenile version of the King Arthur stories.

The evening surprisingly took on (in my youthful imagination) the cast of Greenwich Village "beats" and verboten revelations.