Constance Hunting was a classical pianist, poet and an unselfish promoter of other writers. Hunting founded the Puckerbrush Press in 1971 and began publishing poetry and other work by aspiring young writers. Seven years later, she founded the Puckerbrush Review, a journal of poetry, essays, short fiction and reviews, often by writers from Maine. A native of Providence, R.I., and a graduate of Pembroke College, Hunting started out at the University of Maine as a part-time lecturer after her husband, Robert, was hired in 1969 as chairman of the English Department. She was chair of the National Poetry Foundation and edited books about May Sarton. She published 15 books of poetry including “Natural Things: Collected Poems 1969-1998″, and a book of essays.