"Be Steadwell's Chocolate Chip City is a lyrical, lush, and loving ode to the soul of Black folks in Washington, DC--queer and straight. Especially, the sisters. Filled with irresistible characters, favorite haunts, familiar landmarks, laugh-out-loud humor, and hot wlw sex scenes, this beautifully written page-turner will be one of the acclaimed debut novels of the year." --Cheryl A. Head, author of Time's Undoing "Because Black queer feminist possibility is my deepest desire, because our total freedom is my most motivating fantasy, I'm grateful that Be Steadwell has created a romance that happens here, on the edge of our transformation. If your erotic daydreams resonate most with a world blessed by generational healing, honoring all our ancestors, justice, equity, and an anti-capitalist impulse to "risk it all," for love, this book is for you too!" --Alexis Pauline Gumbs, author of Survival is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde "I am so happy about this extension of Be's sonic storytelling to the page. Be's queer love songs always leave you wanting more in the best way and now we have it in the form of a wonderful book full of mystery, sensuality, love, and family." --Toshi Reagon, musician, composer, curator, producer, and activist.