Rob Redding’s Book “The Professor” Hits Number 1

Nationally syndicated talk host and professor Rob Redding’s new hard hitting book on gays in black leadership yesterday topped two of Amazon’s coveted lists of new books.

His new controversial book “The Professor: Witnessing White Power” reached No. 1 on Amazon’s “New Releases in LGBT Literary Criticism” and “New Releases in Gay & Lesbian Literary Criticism.”

The Professor, which details how gay interracial relationships and encounters have shaped black power, dissects the sex lives of Jean-Michel Basquiat, James Baldwin, Marvin Gaye, Richard Pryor and Malcolm X. It contains explosive new information about Basquiat’s relationship with Klaus Nomi.

“Much of the book works from Jane Ward’s book ‘Not Gay: Sex between Straight White Men’” Redding said. “Ward, who is a lesbian, writes about power exchanges between white men. The Professor explores how gay interracial relationships and encounters may have empirically had an impact on the black community.”

Redding’s – the first out bisexual black radio talk show host – national talk show is listened to by a black mainstream audience in 20 states. He has taught at Pace and City Tech universities in New York City. And has publi