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Catherine Nichols

Writer, Brooklyn, NYC, US

Catherine Nichols is a freelance writer based in Brooklyn, New York City. She was the host of LitHub’s Lit Century podcast, and her work has appeared in The Week, Jezebel, and Epoch, among others.

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Painting of a girl in red and a wolf in a forest. The girl holds a basket and looks back at the wolf among dense green foliage.

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The good guy/bad guy myth

Pop culture today is obsessed with the battle between good and evil. Traditional folktales never were. What changed?

Catherine Nichols