Conference StaffThe conference staff is composed of professionals from all writing fields. Our instructors are award winning novelists, essayists, poets, editors, and publishers from around the country. Many are also full time professors at some of the country's top universities.Please note that many of the videos on this site are currently unavailable due to site upgrades in progress. You can still find videos from 2002 through 2010 on Colgate's YouTube channel, here. Just search for the writer you'd like to watch. 2011 Visiting Writers and InstructorsPeter Balakian • Andrea Barzvi • Jennifer BriceBrian Hall • J. Robert Lennon• Jennifer Pooley Bruce Smith • Jennifer Smith • Dan Wald • Jennifer Vanderbes Bios coming soon for Betsy Andrews and Carrie Brown! Past Writers and InstructorsLee K. Abbott • Kelly Cherry • Jon ClinchPaul Cody • Justin Cronin • Ryan Fischer-Harbage • Alice Fulton Jennifer Haigh • Amy Hempel • Ginnah Howard • Chris Kennedy Hank Lewis • Karen Novak • Patrick O'Keeffe • Matthew Pearl Erin Soros • Dana Spiotta • Tim Suermondt • Cary Tennis David Thoreen • Hannah Tinti • Willy Vlautin Conference DirectorMatthew Leone |