**** Mrs. Beasley’s Lessons I. Mrs. Beasley: my mother presents her as a hand-me-down. I instantly dislike the doll for the stain, suspiciously pooh-colored, on her blue polka-dot outfit. So I toss Mrs. Beasley in my bedroom’s extra closet—the one that contains my mother’s evening gowns and dress shoes, which hang in floor-length shoe bags. […]
KM Kramer
KM KRAMER is a writer, previously a First Amendment attorney, who feels most at home in California. She earned her undergraduate and law degrees at Stanford. Her creative works can be found in Action Spectacle, Rogue Agent, Free the Verse, and many other places. Her writing awards include the Letter Review Prize for Poetry and first place in the 2025 Micro Nonfiction Contest by Dreamers Magazine.
