Come Back to Me My Language remains the authoritative study of the remarkable flourishing of West Indian poetry which emerged in the latter half of the 20th century. Writing with clarity and vigour, J. Edward Chamberlin discusses the work of more than thirty poets and writes with insight on poems by John Agard, Edward Baugh, Louise Bennett, Bongo Jerry, Dionne Brand, Kamau Brathwaite, Aimé Césaire, Merle Collins, Fred D’Aguiar, Lorna Goodison, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Claude McKay, Anthony McNeill, Mervyn Morris, Mutabaruka, Grace Nichols, Victor Questel, Eric Roach, Dennis Scott, Olive Senior, Philip Sherlock, Michael (Mikey) Smith, Bruce St. John, and Derek Walcott.