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Upcoming 3rd Wednesdays
GCW Speaker meetings are held on the third Wednesday of the month in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall. The public is invited to attend free.
February 18 William O’Daly
“Imagination and Community: Translating Our Lives Into Poetry”
March 18 Jojo Cook
“Social Action Writing: What Makes The Pen Mighty?”
February Speaker
William O’Daly
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 noon
Our speaker will be William O’Daly on “Imagination and Community: Translating Our Lives Into Poetry.”
William O’Daly has translated eight books of the late-career and posthumous poetry of Chilean Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda, and most recently Neruda’s first volume, Book of Twilight — a finalist for the 2018 Northern California Book Award in Translation. O’Daly’s most recent book of poems, The New Gods, was published in September 2022 by Beltway Editions.
In 2021, he received the American Literary Award from the bilingual Korean American journal Miju Poetry and Poetics. A four-time Pushcart Prize nominee, he is a co-founder of prestigious Copper Canyon Press and has worked as a university professor and literary journal editor-in-chief.
For more information, visit: https://williamodaly.com/.
Speaker meetings are held in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall.
Public Invited — Free
Feb 25 Special Drop-In Critique Session “Refining Critiquing”
Joan Griffin and Rebecca Inch-Partridge will host a short presentation and workshop designed to help members GIVE and RECEIVE great critiques.
Public Invited — Free
March Speaker
Jojo Cook
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 noon
Our speaker will be Jojo Cook on “Social Action Writing: What Makes The Pen Mighty?”
Jojo Cook is a native of Auburn and a graduate of CSU Monterey Bay’s Social Action Writing Program. Jojo served as president and chief editor of CSUMB’s “In the Ords” Literary Arts Journal where her poetry appeared in several issues.
Speaker meetings are held in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall.
Public Invited — Free