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Oana Aristide, Remembering Stevie Smith, and what is an NFT?

Oana Aristide on her debut novel 'Under the Blue'. British poet Stevie Smith's life. Aleks Krotoski explains the growing craze in the art world for ‘non-fungible tokens’ or NFTs.

Novelist Oana Aristide discusses her debut novel Under the Blue, about a reclusive artist forced to abandon his home and follow two young sisters across a post-pandemic Europe in search of a safe place. It has been described as eco-fiction and it explores themes of environmental destruction, the melting of the polar ice, eco-terrorism, all within a suspenseful story of three survivors on a terrifying road trip.

The British poet Stevie Smith, best known for her work “Not Waving, But Drowning” died 50 years ago today. We speak with her biographer Frances Spalding, the editor of her collected poems and drawings Will May and we’re joined by the actor Juliet Stevenson to look at Smith’s life and works and consider her legacy.

Kings of Leon have made their new album available as a form of cryptocurrency, and last week Grimes sold a digital collection of artworks in a similar way for almost $6m. Aleks Krotoski explains the growing craze for ‘non-fungible tokens’ or NFTs.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Oliver Jones

Main image: Oana Aristide
Image credit: Nikos Karanikolas

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Mon 8 Mar 2021 19:15
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Oana Aristide

Oana Aristide
e by Oana Aristide is published on 11 March 2021 in hardback and as an Ebook.  Images: Main image above:  Oana Aristide,   Image credit: Nikos Karanikolas.       Image to the left: Oana Aristide, credit: Oana Aristide

NFTs

NFTs
Image: Kings of Leon, whose new album is also being sold as the NFT Token  "NFT Yourself" for a limited period.            More information on              Image credit: Matthew Followill

Remembering Stevie Smith

Remembering Stevie Smith
is a documentary by Dead Poets Live about the poet's life and work to mark the 50th anniversary of her death, with Juliet Stevenson Stevie Smith and reading some of her poetry.   It is available to watch for free online until 05 April 2021.          Image: Stevie Smith at the ±«Óătv in 1949.

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