JENNIFER ANNE CHAMPION

JENNIFER ANNE CHAMPION

Jennifer Anne Champion, poet, educator, cat-lover, model, performer, archivist and embroiderer is the author of two poetry collections, A History of Clocks (2015) and Caterwaul (2016). Various uncollected poems have been published in anthologies and on social media.

Champion is of mixed heritage with roots in Ceylon and Indonesia. She grew up in Serangoon Gardens, an area which predates and has been less quickly affected by postcolonial Singapore’s ubiquitous development post-1960. The area is explored retrospectively and contemporarily in Champion’s poems, with even a map, annotated by colour marker, prefacing Caterwaul. Champion’s artistic progression has thus far occurred in three stages: performance poetry (the stage) (2012-15); poems as read (the page) (2015-20); and intersections between word and fabric (2020-present).