James M. Moten, a retired U.S. military veteran and author, has launched a central hub for readers to explore his two deeply personal works through his official website, www.booksbyjamesmoten.com. The site provides direct access to his memoir, I IRS (My Hell of Life), and his poetry collection, I, The Black Poet Comes, along with author background, media features, and book trailers.
Moten'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. The memoir traces his 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. It covers his early life in the segregated South, his years of military service, and the personal and professional challenges he faced, written with honesty and conviction about prejudice, faith, hardship, and the strength required to keep moving forward.
His 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, offering 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 age five, he moved with his mother and siblings to Tucson, Arizona, as his mother sought a safer future away from racial tensions. 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, he encountered racism in both public and professional spaces, experiences that 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.
Readers can learn more about I IRS (My Hell of Life) and I, The Black Poet Comes by visiting www.booksbyjamesmoten.com. Both books are available on Amazon, and book trailers can be viewed on YouTube.
