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LISTEN: Andrea Johnson On Saying Goodbye To Her Boyfriend As They Head Off To College

Laura Spencer
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KCUR

Andrea Johnson is a Kansas City native, now studying English, creative writing and music up at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.

She wrote this piece after graduating from high school, when she and a few of her friends were facing long-distance relationships as they headed off to college.

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