{"id":43909,"date":"2018-05-31T11:10:02","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T15:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=43909"},"modified":"2018-05-27T12:46:26","modified_gmt":"2018-05-27T16:46:26","slug":"monk-mokha-dave-eggers-library-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/monk-mokha-dave-eggers-library-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers [in Library Journal]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/04\/Monk-of-Mokha-Dave-Eggers-BookDragon-569x800.jpg\" class=\"size-medium alignleft wp-image-43827\" width=\"569\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/04\/Monk-of-Mokha-Dave-Eggers-BookDragon-569x800.jpg 569w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/04\/Monk-of-Mokha-Dave-Eggers-BookDragon.jpg 626w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/>Dion Graham has narrated 10 \u2013 which is almost all \u2013 of McSweeney&#8217;s founding publisher and literary powerhouse Dave Eggers&#8217;s books. Graham showcases his staggering genius for aural incarnations across gender, ethnicity, culture, age \u2013 whatever details Eggers writes, Graham inspiringly brings to listeners&#8217; ears.<\/p>\n<p>Their latest collaboration embodies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portofmokha.com\/team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mokhtar Alkhanshali<\/a>, a Yemeni American entrepreneur who&#8217;s brought the $16 cup of coffee to discerning American palates. His journey out of San Francisco&#8217;s Tenderloin \u2013 via folding shirts at Banana Republic, selling shoes at Macy&#8217;s, opening apartment doors \u2013 led him to his ancestral homeland, where drinking coffee began 500 years ago. Surviving malaria, gallstones, gastrointestinal attacks, not to mention kidnapping and civil war, Mokhtar gets the Eggers and Graham treatment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verdict<\/strong>: Given Eggers&#8217;s literati status, ardent groupies will request all available formats<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookverdict.com\/details.xqy?uri=Product2018-05-15-8909781.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;Audio,&#8221; <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/bookverdict.com\/details.xqy?uri=Product2018-05-15-8909781.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>Library Journal<\/em><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/bookverdict.com\/details.xqy?uri=Product2018-05-15-8909781.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">, May 15, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dion Graham has narrated 10 \u2013 which is almost all \u2013 of McSweeney&#8217;s founding publisher and literary powerhouse Dave Eggers&#8217;s books. 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