Thirty an’ Seen a Lot is the first book of poems by the widely published San Antonio writer, Evangelina Vigil. Ms. Vigil is a fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts and winner if the Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines’ national award for poetry. She is also the author of a chapbook, Nade y nade, published by M & A Editions in 1978.
“In many ways Vigil has tapped the uncertainty many have felt at the twilight of the seventies, and by expressing those doubts in the vernacular of the majority, she speaks not as a single, alienated intellectual, but as a spokesperson of a community now embarking on a new decade, into still uncharted—and often even frightening—directions.”—Elizabeth Ordóñez, Revista Chicano-Riqueña
“The book is superior in that it expresses emotion and dramatizes appeal which keep the reader involved. The language of the book flows smoothly and reads well. The book would serve as an excellent text for a course in contemporary Chicano poetry.”—Lector
Evangelina Vigil
Evangelina Vigil-Piñón is a Fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts and winner of numerous literary awards, including First Place in a national contest sponsored by the Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines. Ms. Vigil-Piñón has been widely published in literary magazines throughout the country and is the author of a chapbook, Nade y nade (1978), a first collection of poems, Thirty an’ Seen a Lot (1982). The San Antonio native currently resides in Houston, where she works for The Americas Review as an editor.
