I've still read shamefully little of those giants, though "Rock Springs" and "The Road" have hung with me.
We have still to read about the election of 1964, the Bobby Baker and Walter Jenkins scandals, Vietnam and the decision not to run for a second term.
Cleese, by contrast, famously responds to such requests by sending a withering standard letter which begins along the lines of: "Dear Very Nice Person, I have still not read many great books by major authors".
(Hello?! Don't we know by now to turn off our electronic devices before a performance? It seems obvious, but clearly some patrons of the arts have still not read the memo).
Even though I am having a little me time for once, I have still been reading the British newspapers.
Our city, despite its artistic reputation (or perhaps because of it), was remote from the vanguard; its most advanced circles might have still been reading The Yellow Book.
St. Aubyn, who is grateful for her teaching, had no idea that she was a writer (and, guided by a friend with a strong aversion, has still not read her books).
Kean, speaking at length for the first time since the club was relegated from the Premier League on Monday, admitted he felt the email, which he had not been made aware of and had still not read, was disappointing.
Myers, by his own account, had still not read the Taguba report or seen the photographs, yet he knew enough about the abuses to persuade "60 Minutes II" to delay its story.
Even in the final act, when Konstantin is again on the brink of killing himself, Arkadina's fluting voice can be heard, over a game of lotto, saying, "I've still never read a word he's written.
