his poetry collection "coming home from home" (2000), was short-listed for the 1997 cbc/saturday night literary competition and selected as one of the top ten people's choice poetry books of 2000. his linked story collection, "country music country", was published in 1996 to critical acclaim and broadcast on cbc radio's "between the covers". wayson choy said in "saturday night": "bruce hunter writes with bold restraint and a poet's sensibility. his blue collar characters walk the tight line of their lives into the common universe that includes us all."