October 12, 2024
Business Meeting: 10 a.m.
Program: 10:30 a.m. The Well, 210 South James Garner Avenue, Norman, OK. Zoom will be available.
Speaker: Judith Briggs Coker
JUDITH BRIGGS COKER, a native of Rutland, Vermont, has lived most of her adult life in Oklahoma, having been educated at Boston University, Oklahoma City University, and the University of Oklahoma. Aside from some years teaching overseas, she has lived in Norman the past thirty years. Her writing and teaching career has been augmented by working in a variety of art media, most recently acrylic, monoprint, and woodcuts. Coker is the author of two books: a juvenile novel, Firecracker (2023), set in 1940s Norman, Oklahoma, and Guam and Other Islands: A Miscellany (2024), a short memoir of variously-styled pieces enhanced by woodcuts drawn from her travel photos. She is a member of Women in Action for All Norman, the UCC Congregational Church of Norman, Morning Star Center for Spiritual Living, Norman Galaxy Writers’ Group, and OWFI. Her love of family, travel, and gardening enrich her life.