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In 2011, Asha Iman Veal founded an independent publishing company called The Places We’ve Been books. She started this publishing effort largely because of wanting to develop and promote literary projects that portray the diverse experiences of human existence. A multicultural canon of literature and art is at the core of the mission. The first completed project, The Places We’ve Been: Field Reports from Travelers Under 35, is an international anthology of 48 contributing writers. Beyond indie, the book was recently acquired as a college-level supplemental text in cultural anthropology and Africana studies by a professor at a campus of Chicago Community Colleges, and also being taught at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The Places We've Been book's writers and collaborators have been based in cities and countries including the United States, Scotland, London, Greece, Tanzania, Jordan, Dubai, Lebanon, Brazil, Paraguay, Montreal, Vancouver, South Sudan, Hong Kong, South Africa, Paris, China, and many more; with affiliations and honors from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Atlantic, BBC, StoryCorps, Marvel, MTV Base, and more. In 2014, The Places We’ve Been books, was selected for a co-sponsorship event with the Illinois Humanities Council at the Chicago Cultural Center, a historic building in the heart of downtown. The book was selected by the IHC to co-host this event under the theme of Bridging Cultures—projects intended to promote understanding and mutual respect for people with diverse histories, cultures, and perspectives within the United States and abroad. In 2015, The Places We've Been books, presented at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as part of the Just Festival, a united multi-national, multi-belief community using the festival as a catalyst for conversation and cultural exchange. In June 2012, The Places We’ve Been books was noted as a “Fresh Local Startup” by Crain’s Chicago Business. In 2014, The Places We've Been books exhibited at the Chicago Book Expo, and appeared as a featured guest on Chicago radio WBEZ/Vocalo programs The Morning AMp and Practically Speaking. In its first week of release, the Field Reports book reached the #2 spot on Amazon.com's ranking of “Hot New Releases – Travel Writing and Travelogues” and the #1 spot on their ranking of “Hot New Releases – Travel Writing Reference.” Additional titles in YA fiction, literary fiction, and literary nonfiction are in development for release. A few booksellers where you can find the Field Reports book, and our titles: Online - Amazon, Alibris, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Chapters Indigo, Ingram, Quimby's, Waterstones In store - Quimby's Bookstore, Chicago; St. Mark's Bookshop, NYC