Kim D. Hunter is a Detroit poet and cultural activist. In 2012 he was awarded a Kresge Literary Fellowship
Roots of the Rebellion
Against the Current, No. 189, July/August 2017
Time has long passed that you could rob the fattest bank in america
Against the Current, No. 188, May/June 2017
Market Uber Alles
Against the Current, No. 188, May/June 2017
black bodies in the news
Against the Current, No. 184, September/October 2016
Continental Cultural Communication
Against the Current, No. 174, January/February 2015
The Lives of Amiri Baraka
Against the Current, No. 169, March/April 2014
Faruq Z. Bey, 1942-2012
Against the Current, No. 160, September/October 2012
Occupy and Detroit's Crisis
Against the Current, No. 156, January/February 2012
David Blair, Detroit Poet, 1967-2011
Against the Current, No. 154, September/October 2011
Gil Scott Heron
Against the Current, No. 153, July/August 2011
Lena Horne & Her Times
Against the Current, No. 147, July/August 2010
Sacred Roots of A People's Music
Against the Current, No. 146, May/June 2010
Discography to Sacred Roots of A People's Music
Against the Current, No. 146, May/June 2010
Cutural Warriors of the Freedom Struggle: Miriam Makeba and Odetta
Against the Current, No. 138, January/February 2009
Remembrance: Ousmane Sembène, Father of African Film
Against the Current, No. 132, January/February 2008
Remembrance: Sekou Sundiata and the Dream State
Against the Current, No. 132, January/February 2008
Damu Smith: A Life of Giving
Against the Current, No. 123, July/August 2006
Dudley Randall Rediscovered
Against the Current, No. 114, January/February 2005
Two Cuban Musical Giants
Against the Current, No. 107, November/December 2003
Nina Simone: And She Meant Every Word of It!
Against the Current, No. 105, July/August 2003
Poem in memory of Vincent Chin: somewhere in the over lit night
Against the Current, No. 101, November/December 2002
Radical Rhythms: Music to Rock Your World
Against the Current, No. 100, September/October 2002
Radical Rhythms: Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road
Against the Current, No. 99, July/August 2002
Poem: certain inalienable rights
Against the Current, No. 95, November/December 2001
Radical Rhythms: On Ken Burns' "Jazz"
Against the Current, No. 92, May/June 2001
Lessons of Life and Death from Henry Spira: By Any Compromise Necessary?
Against the Current, No. 85, March/April 2000
fires had seed in the flowers
Against the Current, No. 84, January/February 2000
Radical Rhythms: Ellington and his Centenary
Against the Current, No. 81, July/August 1999
Radical Rhythms: Artistry For All of Us
Against the Current, No. 75, July/August 1998
Detroiters Remember the 1967 Rebellion
Against the Current, No. 70, September/October 1997
Radical Rhythms: In Praise of "Honor"
Against the Current, No. 68, May/June 1997
Radical Rhythms: Hip Hop, Jazz and the Future
Against the Current, No. 66, January/February 1997
Radical Rhythms: "Global Divas"
Against the Current, No. 63, July/August 1996
Radical Rhythms: World Music--What in the World Is It?
Against the Current, No. 59, November/December 1995
Radical Rhythms: In Honor of Two Musical Titans
Against the Current, No. 57, July/August 1995
Radical Rhythms: Jazz Currents in Conflict
Against the Current, No. 55, March/April 1995
Untitled Poem (for Bird)
Against the Current, No. 26, May/June 1990