Join McIntyre’s Books for Katrina Denza, Burner: And Other Stories, in Conversation with Joanna Pearson on Sat, Jan 31, 2pm-3pm. Katrina Denza writes women in conflict: attempting to woo a man via a burner phone, subscribing to a hologram service to speak to a deceased husband, confronting the frustrations of being an artist, reckoning with mistakes made as a mother, and much more. Wrestling with connections and disconnections, highs and lows, and the vagaries of modernity, Burner and Other Stories shows us how we live today.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Katrina Denza is the author of Burner and Other Stories (November 2025; Cornerstone Press). Her work has earned a scholarship from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and a fellowship from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Her stories have appeared in Confrontation, Emerson Review, Jabberwock Review, and many other places. From 2015 to 2021, she served as chair of the Writers-in-Residence Program for the Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities in North Carolina. You can visit her online at katrinadenza.com.

Joanna Pearson’s newest book, More Happy Love, a story collection, is forthcoming with Bloomsbury in February 2027. She’s also the author of a novel, Bright and Tender Dark, and two previous story collections, Now You Know It All and Every Human Love. You can visit her online at joanna-pearson.com. 

This free event takes place indoors at McIntyre’s Books. The space is ADA-compliant. Free parking is available on-site. No pets are allowed. Fearrington Village is part of the Chatham County Craft Beverages & Country Inns Trail. See more events at Fearrington Village.