Riverside Readings

Our second Author of Pride Month is none other than Oscar Wilde!

Traveling around the world from Ireland and self-proclaiming that he kissed another famous poet named Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde was persecuted, jailed, and sentenced to two years of hard labor for being gay. Oscar Wilde used his artistry to continue the narrative that there is more to love than the singular, heterosexual man-and-woman relationship. Love knows no bounds and, many times brings us our biggest strengths. Famous for his book, “The Portrait of Dorian Gray” (1891), we will be reading from his list of poems that he might not be more attributed with.

“Be yourself; Everyone else has already been taken.” “The only people I would care to be with now are writers and people who have suffered: those who know what beauty is, and those who know what sorrow is: nobody else interests me.”

To begin Pride Month, we will read some of the works of the Ancient Greek Lyricist Sappho. Unlike many stories I have done in the past, these selected works will have an undertone of music, as is Sappho's style!

She was given nicknames such as the “Tenth Muse” (in Greek mythology, there are nine) and whose work highly spoke about her reverence, love, and desire for women, and who today is known as the symbol of love and desire between women with Sapphic and Lesbian deriving from her name and homeland in Greece called Lesbos. 

So travel with me as we discover the world of LGBTQ authors from when they could not be genuinely open and be who they were born to be on Riverside Readings, a dramatic reading radio show hosted by me, Trent Mylie.

Fun Fact: Centuries after her death, statues, pottery, and even coins were made in her likeness and admiration!

Hello and Welcome to Riverside Readings. I am your host, Trent Mylie, and today, we will undertake the spooky, murky, and mystique world called The Call of Cthulhu. Written by H.P. Lovecraft, who is regarded as the king of spooks, The Call of Cthulhu takes us on a journey from a small town to the dark forest, swamplands, and the vast endless void that is the ocean.

Will you follow me as I guide us through the murk and muck? Will you continue through the drudge or get left in the sludge? I look forward to guiding us to safety as we journey the river on Riverside Readings - a dramatic reading radio show hosted by Trent Mylie.

Good Morning, and Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! As we gather around the tree or play with our gifts and toys after opening them on Christmas Eve, let us rejoice that Christmas is here! All the holly and ivy strewn around your house as you decked the halls, the snowmen you decided to make as you had a white Christmas, and all the feelings you have towards what Christmas means to you and your own Christmas traditions.

As I sit and reflect on Christmas and my traditions. It brings memories of laughter, decorating the tree with my Mother, and of course, the unwrapping of presents and the delight to see what Santa brought me. However, one Christmas tradition that has reigned supreme within my family as early as I can remember is that we would sit on Christmas Eve and watch “A Muppets Christmas Carol ''. Though you have known me for voices, this upcoming story will not feature Kermit, Ms.Piggy, Rolhf, Fozzie, or Rizzo. However, I am bringing a classic to your ears by recounting Charles Dickens's “ A Christmas Carol.” Following the story of an old miser named Scrooge, a Christmas story takes us on a journey of remembrance. Not only of the times that have passed, and maybe the times that we have wasted away, but that our lives are more than what our work is. 

So let us celebrate, rejoice, and cozy amongst the glow of the fireplace as we journey the river on Riverside Readings - A Dramatic Reading Radio Show hosted by Me, Trent Mylie

We are in the season of giving, and I thought of no better gift for my lovely listeners than three Christmas stories tied up in a bow for one episode. These classic Christmas tales are all underscored by Andre Previn and the London Symphony Orchestra's The Nutcracker (1972).

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! I'm looking forward to what next year brings!

On this special Halloween episode, we ask ourselves, what makes a house really haunted? Is it the aura of the house (the house on the hill, watch out, don’t go down that road) that piques our curiosity? Or is it the sheer wonder at how something once thought of as beautiful and the place to be has fallen so low that not even animals want to reside in its facade? Today, we shall read “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allen Poe and discover what truly became of our unknown narrator and his childhood friend Roderick Usher. Come find out with me as we journey the river on Riverside Readings - A Dramatic Reading Radio Show hosted by Me, Trent Mylie

Where do we belong and to what do we belong to? We go about life trying to find our own identity, whatever it may be, and go about our lives finding others of that group and growing within that group to have others join us along the way. "Anthem" by Ayn Rand asks about our own identity and freedom. What do these things mean to us and what exactly does it mean? Come find out with me, and my special guest Vienne Borg, as we journey the river on Riverside Readings - A Dramatic Reading Radio Show by Me, Trent Mylie

Regarded by H.P. Lovecraft as his "favorite weird story." Algernon Blackwood's "The Willows" follows two friends along the Danube River and the harrowing journey resting on a riverbank brought them. Who or What decided to camp with them after their long journey? Will they make it out to tell their story? Click in to see Riverside Readings - A Dramatic Reading Radio Show by Me, Trent Mylie

Today, we head down the Rabbit Hole for Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" (1865). Through this 12-chapter, 3-hour story we journey along the river with our young adventurer Alice and all of her encounters while she tries to figure out what Wonderland means to her and I look forward to seeing what Wonderland means to us as we journey down the rabbit hole together. Come along with me on Riverside Readings - A show hosted by me, Trent Mylie.

 As we continue our journey into Algernon Blackwood, we talk about fate and how one’s journey and discrepancies can lead to an unwanted conclusion. Click in to join the journey on Riverside Readings.