January 14th, 2010
David Franks, poet, artist, songwriter and prankster, died on Jan. 14 in his Baltimore apartment at the age of 61. The list of David Franks stories is long: he wrote Congressional speeches in the mid-1970s, conducted a musical composition played by tugboat whistles, commandeered a Xerox machine at Social Security headquarters, undressed, mounted the machine and photocopied his body for an art project…. He earned an MA from Johns Hopkins and spent most of his working life teaching writing.
A memorial will take place at 3 pm on Sunday, Jan. 31, at The Creative Alliance at The Patterson (3134 Eastern Ave.). The afternoon will also include a potluck reception at 4 pm and “Footlong’s Friends Read” at 5 pm.
Smartish Pace