WRITING BY

B.Michael Hunter considered himself a poet long before he came out as a writer. In 1970, he wrote his first poem, “My Problem,” at age 12. At 17, he wrote what may be his first poem inspired by his mother, who would be his muse at different points over the next two decades. “Writing poetry” appears among his hobbies on college applications and, later, on résumés as part of his Personal Profile.

As he explained to a publisher in 1991, he would claim the stylizing of his writer’s name with intention:

Please note I deliberately do not put a space between the period and M when I write B.Michael Hunter. Michael is the name which my family uses when they refer to me. I am trying to ‘Be’ Michael when I write. Namely to be more natural / true / childlike / innocent / real.

---

---

B.MICHAEL HUNTER - WRITING BY YEAR

• My Problem 1970
• Charades 1970
• Sister 1975
• You Dare Say Why 1975
• The Transition 1976
• Interlude 1979
• Reasons Why 1979
• Letter To The Editor 1980
• Operation Crossroads 1980
• The Introduction 1981
• Homosexuality and The Immigration and Naturalization Service 1983
• Probable Cause 1987
• Morning Thoughts 1988
• Dew Locks 1989
• Cousins 1989
• When Mommy Breaks Down 1989
• Stonewall at 20 1989
• Allan Robinson, AIDS Activist 1989
• Palm of My Hand 1990
• Borrowed Lines — As Told To Me 1990
• Shades of U 1990
• The Thousand Words 1990
• Bridgetown 1991
• When You Crossed Over 1991
• Four Voices ACT UP 1991
• Where’s Your Baby Gone (for Donald Woods)? 1992
• The Photograph 1992
• Untitled News 1992
• Introduction to Sojourner: Black Gay Voices in the Age of AIDS 1993
• Inquiry 1993
• But You Were Yves (for Assotto Saint) 1994
• Beginning The Day 1994
• Forgotten Thoughts 1994
• I Have Come Here to Die 1994
• On Top of the Hill 1994
• On Tigaki Beach 1994
• The Photograph: Michael Circa 1966 1995
• Leaving IBM 1995
• Windows & Water Towers 1995
• unwrapping the present 1998
• Affirmations 1998
• No Space at Forty-One 1999
• Psychic Imprints 2000