His first book, Slim's Table: Race, Respectability, and Masculinity, won the 1994 American Sociological Association's award for Distinguished Scholarly Publication. He is also the author of Sidewalk (1999), which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the C. Wright Mills Award.
His initial work, Slim's Table: Race, Respectability, and Masculinity, received recognition from the American Sociological Association in 1994 for scholarly excellence. He is also known as the author of Sidewalk (1999), which garnered prestigious awards including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the C. Wright Mills Award.