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After moving to Reno, Nev., from Washington, D.C., Justin Race went online to find a local woman to date. Instead, he found himself in an intense game-based relationship with a woman working in China.
Ben Platt, who stars in the Netflix TV show “The Politician,” reads Mr. Race’s essay, “Words With (I Wish We Were More Than) Friends.”
Mr. Race is the director of the Purdue University Press. Stay tuned after Mr. Platt’s reading to hear more from him, Mr. Race and the Modern Love editor Daniel Jones.
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