Musu sat on a big rock. A beige bar of caustic soap stood vertically on the pile of dirty laundry at her…
Iyesatta Massaquoi Emeli
Iyesatta Massaquoi Emeli is a Sierra Leonean-American short story writer. In 2002, she won the Richard J. Margolis Award for her short story collection about the impact of war on Sierra Leone’s children. Her story "The Prayer Session" was published in the Lives section of the September 2016 New York Times Magazine. She is also an emergency medicine physician, an assistant professor and a mom.