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Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

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Mar 22, 2022

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…

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.

Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

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Jan 10, 2022

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…

New and Improving: Em Kiku

Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

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May 17, 2021

Speaking as Victim Brings Freedom

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

Speaking as Victim Brings Freedom

Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

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May 13, 2021

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.

Revising is Hard, But Rebelling is Worse

Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

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Aug 17, 2019

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…

One Easy Habit for Eliminating Plastic in Your Life

Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

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Nov 6, 2018

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…

The Atomic Weight of Overlooked Stories

Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

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Oct 20, 2018

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…

What are Lists For?

Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

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Jun 15, 2018

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…

Babies Are Messy

Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

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Mar 2, 2018

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…

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

Marilyn Kiku Guggenheim / Watch Your Language

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Feb 12, 2018

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…

Creative People Way Out of My League Who Nonetheless Inspire Me

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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