If it seems that “lost” books, short stories, and everything else are coming out of the woodwork, well, they are. The Strand magazine has just published Twixt Cup and Lip, an early play by William Faulkner written in the 1920s:
The Strand describes the play as “a light-hearted jazz age story.” Prohibition is under way, and the friends are enjoying an illicit drink. Ruth’s drinking, however, comes under censure from Jim, who asks Francis: “What are our young girls coming to these days? They every one need to be taken by a strong hand,” adding: “I certainly don’t approve of that child chasing all over the known world after a bottle of liquor. It’s disgusting.”
