Not Poughkeepsie, No; Nor Elfland Either

In 1973 Ursula Le Guin
published an essay on the importance of writing style in fantasy.
That piece was titled “From Elfland To Poughkeepsie” and it has
been oft-quoted and remarked upon by those who care about such
things. I, too, care about such things, though I did not realize I
cared about them until I bought a paperback copy of “The Wind's
Four Quarters” at the age of seventeen and read