
Word Meal
Rodolfo Villarreal-Calderon
From being a resident physician during the COVID-19 pandemic to living passionately in travel, romance, and heartache, Rodolfo Villarreal-Calderon is a literary chef to an audience who did not realize their hunger—until served his Word Meal. It is a two-part course: first, 99 poems, and second, an 82-page short story (novella).
The poetry is organized around the three abstractions that connect us all—Love, Time, and Death. Love of lovers, of dogs, and of self; the Death of body, our past, and who we once were; the Time within which this all transpires—the Time of your life. You are invited to explore each abstraction and their combinations. Buffet style.
In the drama that is a healthcare encounter, the patient is—and always will be—the protagonist. Get Well Soon! is a novella revolving around a patient admitted to the hospital. The patient narrator reflects on the experiences of being well and ill, as well as the subtle and comical workings of an academic hospital team and hospital stay.
Duration - 4h 18m.
Author - Rodolfo Villarreal-Calderon.
Narrator - Rodolfo Villarreal-Calderon.
Published Date - Monday, 01 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2023 Rodolfo Villarreal-Calderon ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
From being a resident physician during the COVID-19 pandemic to living passionately in travel, romance, and heartache, Rodolfo Villarreal-Calderon is a literary chef to an audience who did not realize their hunger—until served his Word Meal. It is a two-part course: first, 99 poems, and second, an 82-page short story (novella). The poetry is organized around the three abstractions that connect us all—Love, Time, and Death. Love of lovers, of dogs, and of self; the Death of body, our past, and who we once were; the Time within which this all transpires—the Time of your life. You are invited to explore each abstraction and their combinations. Buffet style. In the drama that is a healthcare encounter, the patient is—and always will be—the protagonist. Get Well Soon! is a novella revolving around a patient admitted to the hospital. The patient narrator reflects on the experiences of being well and ill, as well as the subtle and comical workings of an academic hospital team and hospital stay. Duration - 4h 18m. Author - Rodolfo Villarreal-Calderon. Narrator - Rodolfo Villarreal-Calderon. Published Date - Monday, 01 January 2024. Copyright - © 2023 Rodolfo Villarreal-Calderon ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:11
Dedication
Duration:00:00:10
Prologue
Duration:00:24:55
Love
Duration:00:07:21
Unrequited Love
Duration:00:11:33
Negative Love
Duration:00:07:56
Self Love
Duration:00:07:36
Present Love
Duration:00:12:45
Love and Time
Duration:00:07:20
Time
Duration:00:04:25
Regret Time
Duration:00:03:34
Age Time
Duration:00:05:23
Present Time
Duration:00:01:43
Future Time
Duration:00:01:59
Time and Death
Duration:00:02:40
Death
Duration:00:01:45
Cemetery Death
Duration:00:01:17
Age Death
Duration:00:00:37
Clinical Death
Duration:00:07:32
Covid Death
Duration:00:03:29
Self Death
Duration:00:00:57
Death and Love
Duration:00:11:35
Get Well Soon
Duration:00:00:43
Soon
Duration:00:16:32
Well
Duration:00:41:16
Get
Duration:00:37:42
Unclear
Duration:00:02:36
Thinking
Duration:00:00:46
Glossary
Duration:00:09:27
Acknowledgements
Duration:00:17:13
Regarding My Next Book
Duration:00:05:56
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:03