A Beloved Chicago Bookstore Becomes the Heart of a Community—And a Symbol of Hope and Belonging

A Beloved Chicago Bookstore Becomes the Heart of a Community—And a Symbol of Hope and Belonging

“When people come together, we can write better stories,” says Danielle Moore, owner of Semicolon Books.Leslie Shogren wanted to go to Semicolon Books in Chicago to celebrate her birthday, so she packed up her husband and four sons and came in from the suburbs. When she checked out that day in July 2020, she asked the woman at the register if she was Danielle Moore, the bookstore’s owner.“Yeah, are you Leslie?” Moore replied, flashing her signat…