Download or read book Promised Instruments written by Kristiana Rae Colón and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking its cue from Toni Morrison’s declaration that "language alone protects us from the scariness of things with no names" Kristiana Colón’s promised instruments stitches its own definitions for what is granted, what is surrendered, what is pilfered, and what is reclaimed. Her poems plumb the problem of woman’s sexuality, sexual agency, mental health, and consent with piercing musicality and disarming vulnerability. promised instruments invites its readers to interrogate their own complicity in these issues and share in the healing process.