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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: The Book of Psalms IV – Shout-Outs to the Poor, Needy, and Hints of Jesus

In the summer of 1995, I visited my friend Denise in San Francisco.  She was living in Berkeley, attending UC Berkeley, and I was in town for a Pearl Jam concert.  I’d been to San Francisco twice before—once with my … Continue reading

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The Old Testament: The Book of Psalms III – Ask Not What We Can Do for You, Ask First What You Can Do for Me

Like most kids who got an allowance, I got mine on the weekend.  Saturdays could not come soon enough.  Among the uses for my allowance (with which I could be occasionally quite tight): 45s or cassettes, rocks pins, candy/pretzels/nachos from … Continue reading

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The Old Testament: The Book of Psalms II – The Book Was Better Than the Movie

Nowadays, you’d be hard pressed to see a movie (at least a mainstream film) that’s not based on some other source, like a comic book or a novel. This drives a number of people crazy; They believe that Hollywood has … Continue reading

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