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Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

Chemicals and Electricity, Love and Memory

Three years ago today, my otherwise vibrant, loving mother-in-law died within a month of a cancer diagnosis. That makes March 22nd her…

3 min readMar 22, 2022

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Quilt finished by Jannie’s friend Mary Runkel, gifted to Jannie’s sister Becky. Whimsical fabric chosen by Jannie (stacks and stacks of it in her sewing room!), circular hand-stitching by Mary, with the happy coincidence that the life cycle is circular and eternal and hopeful.

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Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

New and Improving: Em Kiku

I have a book problem. It’s an excellent problem to have, but I read other people’s books when I want to send more of my own words out in…

3 min readJan 10, 2022

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New and Improving: Em Kiku

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Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

Speaking as Victim Brings Freedom

Ten years and more painful mistakes went by until I realized I was hiding my shame even from myself.

2 min readMay 17, 2021

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Speaking as Victim Brings Freedom

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Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

Revising is Hard, But Rebelling is Worse

“You can’t make me, and neither can I,” but kicking (my) ass (into gear) means sending my words to you out there.

3 min readMay 13, 2021

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Revising is Hard, But Rebelling is Worse

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Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

One Easy Habit for Eliminating Plastic in Your Life

I like to spy on people’s grocery purchases. Today on the conveyor belt I noticed a twenty-something buying several produce items, all of…

3 min readAug 17, 2019

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One Easy Habit for Eliminating Plastic in Your Life

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Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

The Atomic Weight of Overlooked Stories

I admire The Atomic Weight of Love for its ambitious portrayal of feminism, militarism, and sexual awakening, not to mention the…

5 min readNov 6, 2018

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The Atomic Weight of Overlooked Stories

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Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

What are Lists For?

I used to believe in the tidy summaries that listicle headlines promised. Even as I know they’re mostly clickbait, it’s tempting to think…

3 min readOct 20, 2018

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What are Lists For?

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Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

Babies Are Messy

Body Full of Stars captures the gorgeous wonder of new life and love, and shows how these are inescapably entangled with hard work that…

4 min readJun 15, 2018

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Babies Are Messy

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Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

These Native Teen Warriors Say: “Fight for Each Other and Ourselves”

“We can win this battle against hopelessness….Today we are bombarded by technology meant to make our lives better. However, we often find…

1 min readMar 2, 2018

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These Native Teen Warriors Say: “Fight for Each Other and Ourselves”

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Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

Creative People Way Out of My League Who Nonetheless Inspire Me

Amy Pohler as pollyanna powerhouse Leslie Knope in “Parks and Recreation”, the way Ali Wong nails racist Asians in her Netflix special Baby…

2 min readFeb 12, 2018

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Creative People Way Out of My League Who Nonetheless Inspire Me

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Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

Writer, reader, parent, educator, ex-Catholic, believer in spirit, value the very young and the very old, impatient with phoniness.

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