Criticism
The Spirit of Education by Malik Wilson
November 2026
In an age where 'knowledge' is more readily available than ever before, what it means to be taught, to learn, to be educated. As ideology, professed-commitment, and a kind of casual, disputatious assumption of inerrancy are assumed, how does one truly live a curious, thoughtful life in bond with the greatest older traditions in link with new insight. In a project in cooperation with the African American Institute, Malik Wilson helms a series of discussions of this important topic and shares in this short monograph how every man, every woman can best suit up for the most potentially intellectually profitable time in human history. "I don't want to be taught, I only want to learn," he has written, and in that captures something of the restless, itinerant, don't-tread-on-me sensibility so native to our people.
Education
A Book of One's Own by Malik Wilson
Fall 2026
In a world of digital inflation and gamification, a simple, well-made book remains a lost kind of giving. In A Book of One's Own, Malik Wilson, in cooperation with the Takoma Foundation, is looking to bring books to high school students.
Cheaply printed public domain books whisper their own story about value, importance. But a weighty, tactile hardback book, wax-stamped and etched with the student's name tells another story. For A Book of One's Own, we aren't just trying to give students a particular text - we are trying to turn them into lifelong book lovers.
Each book is given in a classroom ceremony, passing along to a new generation, the inestimable value of possessing a book of their own.