Year (and Decade) in Review 2023

Literary Friction by LiteraryFriction

Dec 19, 202301:21:07Arts

It's time for our usual Year in Review show, but seeing as this is also our last EVER episode (sob!), we're shaking things up a little to bring you a bit of a decade in review as well, so we can look back over our highli...

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