I suspect Banks' choice reflects his own commitment to a sensibly conventional vision of the intellectual life, one that casts more light--and less heat--than much of the heady verbiage in the current debates about the Black Intellectual.
Bank's choice may show how committed he is to the vision of intellectual life.
Bank's choice has nothing to do with his commitment.
People are at home eating Pringles.
A woman is seated on a couch.
Nobody has a belt.
A city street.
You must love the banana, even though it hogs lots of memory.
The man has on a green and purple Mardi Gras vest.