Georgia on My Mind: An Interview with Barbara Linn Probst, Author of Queen of the Owls

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Welcome to EPISODE 18 of the Art In Fiction Podcast.
Barbara Linn Probst's debut novel inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe is a must-read for fans of the artist and of compelling stories.
In this lively episode, I chat with Barbara about her novel Queen of the Owls, the art of Georgia O'Keeffe, and a lot more.
Highlights:

• Queen of the Owls and its relationship to the art and life of Georgia O'Keeffe
• Feminism and Georgia O'Keeffe
• What did Georgia O'Keeffe say to feminist icon Gloria Steinem when she came to visit?
• O'Keeffe's work in Hawaii and its relationship to Queen of the Owls
• Does a work of art benefit from interpretation by others? Do artists always know, or can they analyze their influences and intentions?
• Complexities of relationships as portrayed in Queen of the Owls
• What does the title Queen of the Owls mean?
• Ghost Ranch and the celebrations honoring Georgia O'Keeffe's birthday on November 15 - see www.ghostranch.org for details regarding Barbara's virtual presentation about O'Keeffe's influence on her and the protagonist in Queen of the Owls
• Reading from Queen of the Owls
• Barbara's background in social work and qualitative research and its relationship to her novel-writing
• Barbara is an amateur pianist - how has her love of music inspired her second novel?
• The obsessive nature of novel-writing
• Advice for new authors

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Barbara Linn Probst's website: https://www.barbaralinnprobst.com/
Ghost Ranch: https://www.ghostranch.org/
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Music Credits
The intro music is from Symbolist Waltz from the album Alive in Seattle and the ad music is from The Feverfrom the album Full Moon. B

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1. Welcome (00:00:00)

2. Why Barbara wrote a novel inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe (00:02:11)

3. Georgia O'Keeffe and feminism (00:04:41)

4. What Queen of the Owls teaches us about O'Keeffe (00:07:15)

5. Does a work of art benefit from interpretation by others? (00:10:41)

6. Themes in Queen of the Owls (00:12:12)

7. The meaning of the title Queen of the Owls (00:13:43)

8. Ghost Ranch and Georgia O'Keeffe (00:17:19)

9. Advertisement - ProWritingAid (00:19:25)

10. A reading from Queen of the Owls by Barbara Linn Probst (00:20:31)

11. Barbara Linn Probst's background (00:25:15)

12. A serious amateur pianist (00:29:13)

13. Barbara's writing process (00:31:06)

14. Writing advice for new authors (00:34:08)

15. Barbara's next novel (00:35:13)

16. Extro (00:35:48)