Advance the Engine Summer is the first published collection of poems by Saint Paul, Minnesota writer/musician Michael Leggs. He teaches English at Saint Paul College, and earned his M.A. in English at Kansas State University as a recipient of the William H. Hickok Poetry Fellowship. This collection includes selections previously published in The Argotist (Liverpool, England), Pith (Milwaukee, WI), The No Record Press Poetry Flyer (San Francisco, CA), and American Drivel Review (Portland, OR).  

[Recommended if you like (RIYL): Richard Brautigan, Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams, Lawrence Ferlinghetti.]

Review Excerpt:

"Several pieces in this collection are brilliant in concept. . .Leggs is working toward expressing his unique voice without being choked by the impedimenta which can trip up new poets attempting to learn by trying on other writers’ habits of expression. . .It bodes well for Leggs’ development as a writer that so many of his poems are humorous, intellectually interesting, or both, and that he is capable of conjuring some striking images." — Val Grimm, ForeWord CLARION Reviews

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