Profile
By Amara Osei, London
I write long-form essays and reported features, mostly about labour, migration and the hidden infrastructure of cities. My first book, The Salt Years, came out with Granta in 2024.
I also edit The Harbour Quarterly, a small magazine of new writing from port cities.
The Guardian Long Read
2024 · example.com
Read the full piece →The New Yorker
2023
Granta 162
2023
London Review of Books
2022
Book · 2024
Essays on the docks, night buses and corner shops that keep a city alive. Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize.
Novel · 2026
A novel about a hospital porter, a Sunday, and everything that can happen in one shift.
Magazine · 2021–
Fourteen issues of fiction and essays from port cities, from Lagos to Liverpool.