First Place at the 2005 Collegiate National Poetry Championships
"Best Poet in the Nation" 2006.
Textbook Execution is made up of Edy McWiliiams and Fritz Silber-Baker.
Both Edy and Fritz were born and raised in California and have since relocated to Brooklyn where they live, spit, and kick it.
Textbook Execution spit with a ferocious honesty that will have you in tears, uncontrollable laughter, and allow you to re-imagine the world in a magnificent way. Their interactive performance is truly an unique experience and will leave you moved, inspired, and ready to rock through life.
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Edward "Edy" Askew McWilliams:
Native of Los Angeles, CA, now residing in Brooklyn, NY. He stood out amongst the many poets at the 2006 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational at Texas State University as a writer from UC Santa Cruz focused on sharing truths and possibilities that expand imagination and understanding. He writes both poetry and plays such including Peace Sister Bye Brother concerning gender identity, prison and HIV in L.A. and Underground exploring the politics of the fractioned stories of people that ride the A train between Brooklyn and Manhattan. He has performed spoken word poetry at college campuses across the United States, and has performed for and conducted workshops for High School students in California and New York. Edward is also one of 16 artists chosen to participate in the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics' EMERGENYC program in 2008.
Daniel “Fritz†Hershel Silber-Baker:
Native of South Berkeley now living in Brooklyn, NY. In 2005 he and his Santa Cruz team took first place at the National Collegiate Championships in Westchester Pennsylvania. In 2006 at Texas State University, he was voted “Best Poetâ€, at the Collegiate National Championships. He is a part of the Brave New Voices College Tour, chosen for his ability to challenge apathy, excite college students and disturb the general stagnated political climate. His poetry is gripping and pulls at the heartstrings, capturing intense moments of his life. He shares his poems with a sense of urgency that calls for paying closer attention to the things we glance over on a daily basis, and to take action in re-humanizing our own lives and the world around us.
