A Seattle native, Dave grew up in a working-class family in White Center. He graduated from Evergreen High School and the University of Washington, where he began his newspaper career at the UW Daily. He worked as a reporter at papers in Central Washington, and later as a copy editor at Bellevue’s Eastside Journal (now gone) and The Seattle Times. A favorite newspaper experience was the few years he spent helping revive a waning, century-old weekly, which became for a while an award-winning and well-subscribed voice in its community. As for editing, his happiest job was helping his wife, Stacey, self-publish her beginner’s guide to American Mah Jongg, which continues to put groceries on their table. He has pursued poetry and short fiction as a regular at the Port Townsend Writers Conference for many years. In retirement he continues to take classes and write, usually just for the pleasure of writing, and to share a little work with friends. His writing “process” tends to be simple: 1) read first, 2) write with abandon, and 3) edit without mercy.
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The Words Were Writing Themselves - David K. Rea
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December 19, 2023
Jack Straw is thrilled to announce Summit Sound, an audio gallery at the new Seattle Convention Center Summit Building on Pine St. Summit Sound was envisioned by the SCC Art Program as “an outdoor space where residents and visitors can immerse themselves in one of our region’s revered creative disciplines–sound.” As the new home to […]
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