{"product_id":"in-the-slowness-of-melting-glen-thompson","title":"In the Slowness of Melting – Glen L. Thompson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the Slowness of Melting\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (Karavan Press, 2026) is a collection of lyric poems that echo the waves in form and reflect in content on surfing, the beach, the ocean and our planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoving between the past, present and future, the collection registers internal and external shifts of focus to foreground change and a sense of loss. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the perspective of a surfer, it reflects on our social world and seeks a more utopian future in the face of sea-level rise and our climate crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is eco-poetry – or rather, cli-poetry – infused with a surf goth aesthetic, presenting a sunburnt disposition while thinking with\/in the Anthropocene. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlen Thompson is a surfer and historian living in Cape Town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the Slowness of Melting is his debut poetry collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glen L. Thompson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66984039874675,"sku":"OOM MM","price":195.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1082\/4166\/files\/In_the_Slowness_of_Melting_Glen_L._Thompson.jpg?v=1792740190","url":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesurf.co.za\/products\/in-the-slowness-of-melting-glen-thompson","provider":"Keep It Simple Surf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}