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About virgowriter

Brad Windhauser has a Master's in English from Rutgers University (Camden campus) and an MFA in creative writing from Queens University of Charlotte. He is an Associate Professor (Teaching/Instruction) in the English Department at Temple University. His short stories have appeared in The Baltimore Review, The Santa Fe Writer's Project Journal, Ray's Road Review, Philadelphia Review of Books, Northern Liberty Review, and Jonathan. His first novel, Regret (a gay-themed thriller set in Philadelphia) was published in 2007. You can read more about (and buy) it here: http://goo.gl/yvT24K His second novel, The Intersection, is being published by Black Rose Writing September 2016. He is one of five regular contributors to 5Writer.com. On his solo blog, he is chronicling his experience as a gay writer reading the Bible for the first time: www.BibleProjectBlog.com Follow his work at: www.BradWindhauser.com VirgoWriter@gmail.com

The Bible’s New Testament: The Gospel of Luke I – Jesus’ Parable of the Good Samaritan

Posted on September 30, 2013 by virgowriter

When I moved to the Philadelphia area in 2000 for grad school, I decided to apartment-hunt in Haddonfield.  Some of my fellow students suggested it was cute, quaint, cheaper than Philly and close to the high speed line (which had … Continue reading →

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The Bible’s New Testament: The Gospel of Mark III – Jesus Revises What Is Clean and Unclean

Posted on September 27, 2013 by virgowriter

One of the most important documents I give my students is the syllabus.  The diligent students peruse this document carefully, marking important due dates for homework and major assignments. Then they mark specific assigned readings in their master calendar. Like … Continue reading →

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The Bible’s New Testament: The Gospel of Mark II – Jesus Clarifies Divorce

Posted on September 25, 2013 by virgowriter

Among the classes that I teach, Temple’s equivalent of English Comp 102 tends to frustrate students the most.  Temple offers a two course composition sequence, the first of which students can place out of—every student, however, must pass the second … Continue reading →

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