Author: James Whitcomb Riley

James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916) was a best-selling American writer and poet. Known as “the Children”s Poet, ” he is author of several collections, including The Old Swimmin” Hole, Pipes o” Pan at Zekesbury, and Home Folks. Will Vawter (1871–1941) was an artist, illustrator, and frequent collaborator with James Whitcomb Riley. Norbert Krapf, Indiana Poet Laureate (2008–2010), is Emeritus Professor of English at Long Island University. He is author of Catholic Boy Blues: A Poet”s Journal of Healing, American Dreams: Reveries and Revisitations, and Songs in Sepia and Black and White (IUP, 2012).