How We See the Gray:
12 Must-Read Books of May 2026 by Michael Welch (Chicago Review of Books)
Complicating the Idea of Foster Care: An Interview with Rachel León by Annelies Zijderveld (Chicago Review of Books)
This Novel’s Shifting Perspectives Examine Foster Care from All Sides by Jen St. Jude (Electric Literature)
Rachel León on How We See the Gray (Free and Indirect Podcast)
Interrogating the Heaviness: On Resilience in Fiction and Real Life (Conversation with Grace Spulak in Lit Hub)
Ten Debut Multiple POV Novels Recommended by Rachel León (Debutiful)
New book inspired by the Rockford foster care system (WNIJ)
Worth a Try: Rachel León on How We See the Gray (Newcity)
Below is a video of Rachel reading from the first and last pages of her novel. Spoiler alert as she does read the ending!
Other News:
Rockford Area Arts Council announces action grant recipients (WIFR)
Ten Authors to Watch: Introducing the 2025 Get the Word Out Fiction Fellows (Poets & Writers)
Be Nothing if Not Aesthetic: A Conversation With Ruth Madievsky and Rachel León (Autostraddle)
The Rockford Anthology:
The Rockford Files: An Interview with Rachel León on “The Rockford Anthology” (Chicago Review of Books)
More than an overlooked midwestern city (Review)