Elizabeth Cantwell

Teacher, poet, parent, person. She/her. Doing stuff @BWDR again! Books with @InlandiaInst and @BlackLawrence. Black lives matter.

[Elizabeth Cantwell @eccantwell]

hey do you want to be my wingman ... by reading my essay on TOP GUN: MAVERICK?

[Elizabeth Cantwell @eccantwell]

@aHeartOfGould I hate this news, AND I’m so glad you had this interaction.

[Brian Grubb @briancgrubb]

obviously other issues at play here but also worth noting that it makes the whole building look like a nightclub owned by a goateed vampire with silver hoop earrings who is about to get murdered with a sword by Blade in his own VIP suite

[Elizabeth Cantwell @eccantwell]

@empathyandpizza This is what I’m beginning to suspect …

[Elizabeth Cantwell @eccantwell]

SOMEONE out there has to have cracked the code of getting three kids out the door in the morning AND two parents ready for work without tears, right? Is it really just “hire a nanny even though everyone is in school/daycare because you can’t do it any other way”?

[Elizabeth Cantwell @eccantwell]

Loved this thread & it made me think of Mr. Natale (my 9th grade English teacher who provided the first really enjoyable space for me in public school) & hope that I’ve been this teacher for even just ONE of my students in the past 18 years.

[Hanif Abdurraqib @NifMuhammad]

I was not a good high school student — my mother died the summer before my 9th grade year, and I really struggled. I got suspended often for fighting, for yelling at teachers. Not a lot of people in the building believed in me.

[Elizabeth Cantwell @eccantwell]

I know we’re rapidly vacating this X place BUT if you’re searching for a good read today, I loved editing this very fun essay!

[Elizabeth Cantwell @eccantwell]

@CunninghamWhip you got it!

[Elizabeth Cantwell @eccantwell]

Looks like I do have two invite codes on That Other App so if anyone wants them before this place X’s itself out, let me know!

[Elizabeth Cantwell @eccantwell]

@SoftDrinkChamp Sent!

[Elizabeth Cantwell @eccantwell]

@eddiequintana and I like to stay on brand

[Elizabeth Cantwell @eccantwell]

The proper response to having no internet for four days (and likely for three more after this) is to:

[Elizabeth Cantwell @eccantwell]

@eddiequintana listen it’s been a week

[Elizabeth Cantwell @eccantwell]

p.s. we have arranged for someone else to watch our kid while he talks about the JFK assassination 😂

[Elizabeth Cantwell @eccantwell]

I’m at home with a maybe sick maybe teething maybe both baby BUT Chris will be at SDCC tonight through Saturday with our middle son Leo & cool signed comics to give away so if you’re also going, please track him down (and say hi to Leo for me!!)

[Elizabeth Cantwell @eccantwell]

@Howell489 Thanks for the compliment! Emotional accuracy is what I strive for …

[AJ Howell @Howell489]

Writing like this is why I subscribe to Bright Wall/Dark Room. As somebody who grew up in Southern California, I can attest that this is emotionally accurate!

This is excerpted from Elizabeth Cantwell’s essay on Steven Spielberg’s DUEL.

[Elizabeth Cantwell @eccantwell]

@kelsfjord

[Elizabeth Cantwell @eccantwell]

@Cinematic_Life Go big or go home!

[Elizabeth Cantwell @eccantwell]

rewatched M:I3 and let’s bring back movies with big color palettes, ok? (Could NOT find an imagine without that dumb movie clips logo in it with the green light but oh well)