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Shane Cashman
Shane Cashman is a writer based in New York. His work has appeared in
Catapult
,
Vice
, and
Narratively
.
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The Moral History of Air-Conditioning
Cooling the air was once seen as sinful. Maybe the idea wasn’t entirely wrong. An
Object Lesson
.
Shane Cashman
August 9, 2017