Eleanor Berry has lived in Oregon's Santiam Canyon since 1994. A former teacher of writing and literature at Willamette University, Marquette University, the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, and other colleges, she is 2014-2016 President of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies and a past president of the Oregon Poetry Association. Her poetry has appeared widely in journals and anthologies. Her first full-length collection, "Green November," was published by Traprock Books in 2007.