In Norway the subject of emigration remains a preoccupation.
The New Yorker, October 6 , 1975P. 102 In Norway the subject of emigration remains a preoccupation.
The topic agreed on for my contribution was the slippery subject of myth, my current preoccupation, not only because of some detailed research projects in hand, but more urgently as a new undergraduate seminar on the general topic looms on my immediate horizon.
Various people have hinted to me at different times in my life that an excessive preoccupation with the subject of sex has harmed or even ruined my writing.
Her current preoccupation — and the subject of her most recent album, "Reverse Thread" (eOne) — is folkloric music of Africa, stamped with her own improvisational flair and helped along by an ace band featuring kora, accordion, bass and drums.
Rather, it was written (with Stephen Levy back in 1987 and called " C alifornia") for a few other simple reasons: to scare an audience, to comment on our national obsession with "true crime" stories, and to punish myself for my morbid preoccupation with the subject of murder and murderers.
Her current preoccupation — and the rewarding subject of her most recent album, "Reverse Thread" (E1) — is folkloric music of Africa, stamped with her own improvisational flair and helped along by an ace ensemble featuring kora, accordion, bass and drums.
One could scarcely expect the subject of gay marriage to be the principal preoccupation of the Essex town's chilly shoppers, so it was perhaps notable that very few, when asked, declined to offer a view.
That surely is a result of preoccupation with structure.
Good god — this requires months, even years of preoccupation.
