has become an increasingly popular term these days (see the Virtual Conference on Humanizing Mathematics, hosted by Sam Shah and Hema Khodai, if you missed it this summer), particularly as terms like equity have become co-opted. Those who use the term seem to be deliberate about choosing to humanize mathematics (Francis Su) and bring back the human element in a discipline treated as impersonal and abstract and objective or about choosing to rehumanize mathematics (Rochelle Gutiérrez) to acknowledge that there have always been humans in mathematics and that the dehumanization of students in mat ..read more

In 2018, I accidentally on purpose only read fiction by Asian & Asian American authors (using the term broadly to include people identifying as having East Asian, Central Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander backgrounds; this year's list did not include any South Asian authors, although if that's what you're specifically looking for I have suggestions from my 2019 and 2017-and-before lists). They span genres and target age range, and maybe you'll find something in here for a holiday weekend beach read or the last few days of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. In no particular ..read more