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Continuing our journey deeper into these sonnets, we see a change and start questioning whose voice is being written from prose. Is it the poet of old, an unmentioned lover’s new perspective, or a new poet wanting to woo those involved? Click in and continue listening to Riverside Readings Shakespeare Sonnet Series.

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Hello and welcome! This episode is the beginning of our journey into Shakespeare’s 154 Sonnets. Though this may seem long, there is countless intrigue throughout and I look forward to being your guide as we find out what lies ahead together. Every episode I will read a section of sonnets and bring a summary of my thoughts as the intro to the next. Click in and continue listening to Riverside Readings Shakespeare Sonnet Ser...

As we have waded into the sonnets of Shakespeare we are immediately made aware of the poet's purpose, to attain love and convince the beautiful woman of lore that she must make her beauty plentiful in the forms of children. Will this forward tactic prove fruitful or will our poet have to switch gears to gain the heart of our mysterious woman? Click in and continue listening to Riverside Readings Shakespeare Sonnet Series.

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A continuation of the paranoia from before we see our poet become an accuser, saying his lover has chosen another over him. This is something that can not stand. In a series of sonnets that attack her vanity and call her praise-seeking, to pleading on bended knee and promising to do what he can to make sure she is loved correctly, these sonnets explore the chaos of emotion and how unchecked we can turn into something we wi...

In the penultimate part of our Shakespeare Sonnet Series, we saw our lovers admit their infidelity, accept each other, bash the public for their judgment, and ignited a new lustful passion for our lovers. Is lust foreshadowing that things will be healed, or are they blinded by this lust, ignoring all of the red flags waving in front of them? Click in and continue listening to Riverside Readings Shakespeare Sonnet Series.

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In our final episode of the Shakespeare Sonnet Series, we see our lovers continue on their impasse. Bound by a love that is inescapable, we see a continuation of woe, strife, and undying love regardless of our lovers no longer living with the same passion. Cupid, the god of love, has had his torch touched by our lovers only for the remnants of their love to stay put after their fire has long since dwindled. Click in and co...

For the first stop along the River, I am joined by my good friend Will Bradley as my first guest on Riverside Readings. Today we will explore an art studio in New York as a well-known artist's final days draw near while he has help from his younger assistant. In a scene filled with passion and desire for art, we see an artist realize their time might be drawing near and a younger creative finally letting their feelings be ...

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...

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 ...

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 Edga...

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 tradit...

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 m...

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...

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 kn...