Originally aired 11/9/2024. Historian and Riley biographer, Elizabeth Van Allen, is Nelson's guest and shares a range of misconceptions regarding the Hoosier poet. At the peak of his success in the late 1800s and early 1900s, Riley (1849-1916) was the most popular poet in America. Although his poetry celebrated rural life, the well known poet lived as an urbane sophisticate during his fame.
