many of the literary ( as well as romantic ) persuasion hold that the long since vanished wendell reese expresses it the best , or the most eloquently , in his now legendary ring of melting collection of astonishing poems , written he said ( and others refuted , and still refutesince , according to prevalent literary criticism , no writing of any merit can indeed take place mid-season , the mind being to affected , clouded , steeped , etc. , pick your own adjective ) throughout the 1968 season and not even edited post-season but published raw ( as the original dust cover , and later paperback covers , inform us ) .