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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 Old Testament – Book of Jeremiah I: The Rules Change with the Times (Bye Bye Exodus International)

In the mid-nineties, as I was coming out, I learned out a “religious” organization that could “cure” gay people. I was so troubled by this group, I wrote a book that centered on such a group (That book, Regret: http://amzn.to/19n1R5G, … Continue reading

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The Old Testament: Isaiah III – The Suffering Servant Foretold (Jesus as the Bible’s Boba Fett)

I’m a huge Star Wars fan, and like most fans (and even casual watchers of these films), I was disappointed when The Phantom Menace was released in 1999.  How this film could have lived up to the hype and pressure … Continue reading

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The Old Testament: Isaiah II – God’s Reckoning Foretold (over and over)

I am easily scared.  I avoid scary movies for this reason—something in a startling image gets seared into my brain and I often see it when my mind won’t quit when it’s midnight and I have an early morning ahead … Continue reading

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