The retired veteran and IRS agent shares a memoir and poetry collection shaped by service, struggle, and faith.
LOS ANGELES, CA, July 16, 2026 /24-7PressRelease/ — James M. Moten, a retired U.S. military veteran, and author, is giving readers a central place to explore two deeply personal works through his official website, www.booksbyjamesmoten.com. It offers Moten’s memoir, I IRS (My Hell of Life), and his poetry collection, I The Black Poet Comes, offering readers direct access to his books, author background, media features, and book trailers.
James’s writing is rooted in lived experience. His work reflects a life shaped by racism, military service, public service, family strength, spiritual conviction, and the determination to endure. Across both titles, he writes with a voice that is direct, personal, and grounded in truth. James real-life journey as a Black man who endured racism, served in the U.S. military, and later worked within public service as an IRS agent. The memoir traces his early life in the segregated South, his years of military service, and the personal and professional challenges he faced along the way. Written with honesty and conviction, the book reflects on prejudice, faith, hardship, and the strength required to keep moving forward.
James second featured work, I, The Black Poet Comes, presents a collection of poems shaped by decades of struggle, reflection, and spiritual endurance. The collection speaks to racism, identity, pain, love, faith, and the human will to survive. Written in a voice that carries both street-level realism and spiritual depth, the poems offer readers a direct look into Moten’s personal history and the wider experiences that shaped his perspective.
Born in 1947 in Crockett, Texas, James was the tenth of fourteen children. At the age of five, he moved with his mother and siblings to Tucson, Arizona, as his mother sought a safer future away from the racial tensions of the segregated South. He later served in both the United States Air Force and the United States Marine Corps, earned a degree in finance, worked for the IRS, and founded his own tax corporation.
Throughout his life, James encountered racism in both public and professional spaces. Those experiences continue to shape his writing, giving his books a voice grounded in memory, testimony, and faith. His work also honors the guidance of his mother, Arlishie Harris Moten, whose strength and influence remain central to his story.
Readers can learn more about I IRS (My Hell of Life), I, The Black Poet Comes, and James M. Moten’s author journey by visiting www.booksbyjamesmoten.com
I IRS (My Hell of Life) is available on Amazon
Book trailer – YouTube
I, The Black Poet Comes is available on Amazon
Book trailer – YouTube
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