MOTT STREET is named a 2024 PEN/America Open Book Award Finalist! This award is for outstanding books of any literary genre written by authors of color. Formerly the Beyond Margins Award, the judges of the Open Book Award are committed to racial and ethnic diversity within the literary and publishing communities. Ava Chin and her team at Penguin Random House are honored to be recognized by the PEN Open Book Committee, and congratulate winner Jacqueline Crooks (FIRE RUSH) and other finalists and long-list authors.