"The Professor: Witnessing White Power" released on May 1 uses empiricism to explore how interracial gay encounters may have influenced black leadership. The book details the sex lives of Jean-Michel Basquiat, James Baldwin, Marvin Gaye, Richard Pryor and Malcolm X. It contains new information about Basquiat's relationship with Klaus Nomi. Radio Facts called the book "hard hitting", "controversial" and "explosive." The book debuted at No. 1 on Amazon's "New Releases in LGBT Literary Criticism" and "New Releases in Gay & Lesbian Literary Criticism." The book is his most successful since 2013 "Not a Nonviolent Negro."