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A Generation-Bridging Conversation with Acclaimed Author Gayle Forman

Date: May 28, 2026

Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM ET

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DOROT (Manhattan)

171 W 85th Street
New York City, NY 10024

Event Type: Art, Books, and Culture Intergenerational Programs Legacy Programs

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Join #1 New York Times bestselling author Gayle Forman for an interactive program about mistakes, forgiveness, and what it means to rise to the occasion.

Gayle will lead us in generation-bridging conversations, using her novel Not Nothing—the story of an unlikely friendship between a teen and a Holocaust survivor—as our guide. 

Who is this program for? We welcome all teens and older adults to participate in this interactive, intergenerational conversation.

About Gayle Forman: Award-winning author Gayle Forman has written several bestselling novels, including the #1 New York Times bestseller If I Stay, which was adapted into a major motion picture starring Chloë Grace Moretz. A former journalist, Gayle’s work has appeared in The New York Times, People, Elle, Time, Seventeen, and more. She is also one of the founding members of Authors Against Book Bans. 

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