By Kate Norrish Staff Writer Halfway through my Tobias Cotton-Selman / THE GATEPOST journey of writing this column, I found myself at a crossroad - which book of “The Divine Comedy” should I talk about? That’s right, we’re talking about the guy who is often seen as the GOAT, the man who makes almost every writer feel inadequate, The Supreme Poet himself - Dante Alighieri. The reason I decided on “The Purgatorio” - written around the beginning of the 14th century - is beca

Sarah Daponde Arts & Features Editor Christy Howland / THE GATEPOST Framingham State hosted Regie Gibson as the chosen speaker for the annual Miriam Levine Reading in the Heineman Ecumenical Center on Wednesday, April 1. The event was co-sponsored by the Arts & Ideas series and the English Department. Jennifer De Leon, professor of English, welcomed Gibson, “poet, performer, and educator,” to the stage. De Leon said Gibson was selected from over 100 applicants to become th

By Sarah Daponde Asst. Arts & Features Editor The English Department kicked off the annual Alan Feldman Week of Poetry by hosting a conversation with poet and Professor Emeritus Miram Levine on Oct. 21 in the Heineman Ecumenical Center. Levine read both published and unpublished poems, one of which contained language that Levine admitted might be offensive. Lisa Eck, chair of the English Department, introduced the event, which she called the “keynote” event of the Week of Po