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People talk about love, friendship, faith, unity, and power. But what will we do individually and collectively when we must wield all four to save someone else’s family while losing dreams and people that we hold dear?

Published with assistance from BePublished.org in July 2022, RACISTS OF EVERY HUE by Mylia Tiye Mal Jaza will expose the intraracial racism that is often overlooked due to more focus being commonly placed on interracial racism. Comprised of charts and graphs, this work reveals the results of a 60-day poll where people shared their opinions and experiences with racism from people of other races and their own. Discover a science-backed reality check that will snatch the cloak off even the racist hidden in you and your grannies!

Published with the assistance of BePublished.org, The Blessed Blessing is Mylia Tiye Mal Jaza’s 22nd published book. A motivational speech, this work implores listeners to change a particular personality trait that the author explains causes more harm than good. In The Blessed Blessing, Mylia talks about the importance of the lesson she learned of being a person who is able to accept blessings from others without any resistance or efforts to recompense.

More than 30 original poems written in October 2009, Elegies of a Goddess is the ninth book and fourth body of poetic expressions by award-winning artist Mylia Tiye Mal Jaza (aka Mary Michelle Jefferson). Whether avid listeners or those new to the poet or poetry itself, Elegies of a Goddess offers teens and adults fresh perspectives on varying topics by fusing and separating rhyme and rhythm.

Published with the assistance of BePublished.org in July 2016, FOOLISH OF ME: ADDRESSING LOVE UNAPPRECIATED by Mylia Tiye Mal Jaza offers quick reads of individuals’ naked soul experiences. Written with the hope of helping all’s life experiences improve, especially where love is involved, this work is Jaza’s 16th published book.

Published with assistance from BePublished.org in May 2024, THE KEYS TO STOPPING CRIME IN AMERICA is the 51th book released by award-winning writer Mylia Tiye Mal Jaza. Dive into a transformative exploration of societal paradigms with this groundbreaking social responsibility work. In THE KEYS TO STOPPING CRIME IN AMERICA, Jaza makes a compelling literary offering as she delves into a visionary blueprint destined to reshape the very fabric of our communities.

Published with assistance from BePublished.org in April 2023, THE HOE, THE WHORE, AND THE GIRL NEXT DOOR: The Taker, The Maker & The Manipulator is the 50th book released by award-winning writer and Pulitzer Prize nominee Mylia Tiye Mal Jaza. This book chronicles a fight for justice by three women condemned in the court of public opinion left fighting for their freedom and whatever good can be restored to their well-known names. One is called a hoe because she is commonly used by those who want to do the least and get the most.

Plea for Peace by Mylia Tiye Mal Jaza chronicles the life and experiences of a woman who amasses commitments to abstinence from women throughout her community, state, and country in an effort to end crime and wars.

This short tome talks frankly about how people ruin good times and good relationships by undervaluing others. It speaks from the standpoint of a fed-up person who would rather be a villain than victim in self defense.

When struggles abound, those who assist with resolutions often are rewarded in more ways than one. However, when one turns a blind eye to the needs of others, or add to their suffering by intentionally inflicting pain or complications, recompense arrives in more ways than one. How do you react when you suddenly see someone’s life improved, especially someone you witness endure hardships for so long? Who will you trust on your climb up? How do you respond when people who mistreated you suddenly show affection for you after you’ve achieved what they deem as success?

I think my best friend just proposed to me . . . am I tripping? How could he remember, he can't be serious. A pact that we made when we were only teenagers couldn't still ring true . . . could it? I promised my best friend that we would get married if we were both thirty-five and still single. At the time, I was a teenager and believed that I would be married long before that age. But I was wrong. So very wrong. I'll be thirty-five on my next birthday and still single. 

Amara Johnson has spent her life following the rules, always choosing stability over risk. But when she returns to Memphis for her estranged grandfather’s funeral, she inherits more than just his crumbling house. She inherits his unfinished story. A once-renowned blues musician, his name has been nearly erased, his legacy buried beneath family silence and years of regret.

Destiny Montgomery has just landed the opportunity of a lifetime to write singer and dancer, Jacob River's biography. She's more than thrilled to be a part of his project and travel closely with Jacob on his concert tour. However, Destiny doesn't expect the sparks she feels whenever she's near him and is irresistibly attracted to the sexy superstar as he slowly reveals his life and himself to her.

Alonzo “Zo” Taylor was the number one worldwide hip-hop artist when a sex scandal destroyed it all. Now five years later, he’s become an angry recluse, preferring solitude and loneliness to the full life he once enjoyed. Until he encounters a teen who reminds him of his past. And a woman that makes him believe in a future.

Nia Winston, stands in a line at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, hoping to get Justin Ray, the hottest R&B singer, to donate to her non-profit. When they meet sparks fly, or maybe it was just Nia's imagination. Until Nia has a surprise meeting with Justin, a month later while she's in Atlanta and Justin asks her to spend one week with him no strings attached. Wanting to escape her own problems back at home, she agrees and has the most passionate time of her life.