**This section is available to Lanier Village Estates residents only** Three IN-PERSON sessions September 29, October 6, 13 Did you know the novel as a genre is about a thousand years old, although Cervantes wrote Don Quixote in 1605 and ushered in the western novel as we think of it today? This class will take a look at two novels which are being talked about right now: THEO OF GOLDEN by Allen Levi and THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS by Ocean Vuong. I'm hoping for a special surprise for the class, too. Three weeks of great conversations about what matters in life! Bill Coates has degrees in English, Religion and History, and a Ph.D. in American literature. Mostly he loves people and loves teaching.