{"id":68664,"date":"2014-03-26T10:45:44","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T14:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=68664"},"modified":"2014-03-26T11:12:09","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T15:12:09","slug":"la-vie-boheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/26\/la-vie-boheme\/","title":{"rendered":"La Vie Boh\u00e8me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Robert Frost was born on this day in 1874.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_68668\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Robert_Frost_NYWTS_5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68668\" class=\" wp-image-68668\" alt=\"Robert_Frost_NYWTS_5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Robert_Frost_NYWTS_5-754x1024.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"814\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-68668\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Frost, the poet and novice martial artist. Photo: Walter Albertin<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">FROST<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Among other things, what [Ezra] Pound did was show me bohemia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">INTERVIEWER<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Was there much bohemia to see at that time?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">FROST<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">More than I had ever seen. I\u2019d never had any. He\u2019d take me to restaurants and things. Showed me jujitsu in a restaurant. Threw me over his head.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">INTERVIEWER<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Did he do that?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">FROST<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Wasn\u2019t ready for him at all. I was just as strong as he was. He said, \u201cI\u2019ll show you, I\u2019ll show you. Stand up.\u201d So I stood up, gave him my hand. He grabbed my wrist, tipped over backwards and threw me over his head.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">INTERVIEWER<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">How did you like that?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">FROST<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Oh, it was all right.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2014Robert Frost, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/4678\/the-art-of-poetry-no-2-robert-frost\">the Art of Poetry No. 2<\/a>, 1960<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Frost was born on this day in 1874. FROST Among other things, what [Ezra] Pound did was show me bohemia. INTERVIEWER Was there much bohemia to see at that time? FROST More than I had ever seen. I\u2019d never had any. He\u2019d take me to restaurants and things. Showed me jujitsu in a restaurant. 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