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Some late arrivals to the Emerald Fennells's Wuthering Heights frenzy in mxdwn, Flip, Female First, Daily Mai,Ahmedabad Mirror, Chaos Reign, Kino Meister and Tatler:

Wuthering Heights, famous for its window-knocking ghosts, graverobbing, and not-so-subtle suggestions of mild incest, is the latest in line for the Emerald Fennell treatment. (Ben Jureidini)

SUNY Cortland talks about the recent awards received by In Emily's Words at CreateTheatre New Works Festival:

The debut of “In Emily’s Words” at SUNY Cortland gave students real-world experience in developing a new musical. Now, they can also say that they’ve been part of an award-winning show. 

This June the CreateTheater New Works Festival in New York City named “In Emily’s Words,” the story of English author Emily Brontë’s writing of “Wuthering Heights,” as its Best Musical. It was one of four awards won by the Cortland-influenced work, more than any other production at the festival. 

Notable among the accolades was Best Female Lead in a Musical — which went to Cortland junior Olivia Celis. Celis, who played Emily Brontë, was picked over full-time, professional performers and was the only college student honored. 

“I was not aware that I was up for this award,” Celis said. “I was in the middle of work when, all of a sudden, my phone started buzzing constantly with my friends congratulating me on winning. I read the email and was in shock. I am so happy and grateful!” (...)

Done in partnership with CreateTheater, two staged readings of “In Emily’s Words” were performed at Cortland’s Dowd Fine Arts Performance Studio, helping to develop writer, composer and lyricist Jessy Tomsko’s creation. 

The readings for “In Emily’s Words,” which included singing performances, were the final part of a two-week workshop that let the Performing Arts Department students have a direct hand in the creation of the show. (...)

“The musical process of ‘In Emily’s Words’ at SUNY Cortland was so much fun,” Celis said. “Each person involved in the production really had a chance to shine. Performing it in New York City was a dream come true for me. I’ve always wanted to be a part of a workshop for a new musical, and it was such a wonderful experience.” 

The show continues to be a success, as Tomsko said she recently returned from the Florida Festival of New Musicals where “In Emily’s Words” was one of six shows selected nationwide to present. 

At the play’s core, she added, there is a focus on imagination and the creative process that everyone can relate to. 

Vulture publishes a book list from a brat summer (which has something to do with Charli XCX and things): 

Club classics

Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë

I want to read Emily, I want to read Anne, I want to read with George (Eliot). But seriously, folks, Jane Eyre is the cuntiest of the (club) classic lit canon. As a narrator, Jane is somehow clear-headed and self-deluded at the same time, the perfect brat POV. It is a hoot and a half to sit in a bar surrounded by vapid rich people and dive into a book in which the rich are just as vapid, petty, and, dare we say? Horny. (Bethy Squires)

So, now you know. 

Stars Insider (in Spanish) and writers who died too soon:

Las hermanas Brontë, Emily, Anne y Charlotte, murieron muy jóvenes, dejando atrás un legado literario que sigue fascinando a los lectores de todo el mundo.

Emily Brontë. Murió a los 30. Es la más famosa de las tres y se la recuerda por haber escrito "Wuthering Heights", una novela clásica que sirvió de inspiración para la música de Kate Bush y que también se adaptó a la gran pantalla.

Anne Brontë murió a los 29 años. Fue la autora de novelas como "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall". Charlotte Brontë  murió a los 38. Conocida por su novela "Jane Eyre", se la recuerda como una de las escritoras más célebres de la literatura inglesa. (Translation)

Yorkshire Live has more information on the sale of the Old White Lion in Haworth.