The Poetry Center (PC) is located on the third floor of the Sawyer Library at 73 Tremont Street. This room, overlooking the Granary Burying Ground is a conference room and can be used for readings, meetings, and other events. Preference is given to Poetry-related events. It cannot be used for regularly scheduled classes.

The room can be arranged in configurations including 50 seats in lecture format (all 50 chairs arranged to face the front of the space), and a maximum of 20 chairs arranged in a "hollow square" around seven tables. Other combinations are possible. The Facilities Engineering department of 73 Tremont (CMG) is responsible for all arrangement of tables and chairs. So advance notice is essential for proper set-up.

Room users must bring in, or make prior arrangements with University Media Services (UMS), for a laptop computer if one is needed. Room users must arrange with UMS to run any AV equipment or to support their own laptop use. Other PC equipment includes a lectern, room-based speaker system and wireless microphones, an image projection system, video playback, video recording, and video conferencing. The UMS Office in the Sawyer Building supports the PC. Contact them at x8484, or visit their webpage.

Food is allowed. The University’s caterer is Sodexho and may be contacted at x 6234.

The Poetry Center is not available for events during the last two weeks of the fall and spring academic semesters because the room is converted into group study rooms.

The room is only available for members of the Suffolk University community. Requests for room reservations may only be made through email to poetrycenter@suffolk.edu, and must be made no later than 14 calendar days in advance. Please, no phone calls. A response to the room reservation request will be provided as soon as possible via email.