Dave Eggers, Mokhtar Alkhanshali, and Elaine Petrocelli at Book Passage, Ferry Building

Dave Eggers and Mokhtar Alkhanshali spoke about the book they collaborated on, "The Monk of Mokha," at Book Passage yesterday evening--and coffee (from the finest red berries) was served!

At a time when the news out of Yemen is tragic, it was good to hear about a hope-filled venture and a project that might help Yemeni farmers.

City College came up in their talk and is first mentioned on page 3, "He had finally saved enough money to enroll at City College of San Francisco..." That was before "Free City."

Here they are with, among others, Erika Delacorte, CCSF retiree (officially) and Petrocelli, founder of Book Passage, who says this is her favorite of all Dave Eggers' books).