HOME / Poem : A weekly poem, read by the author. The Stranger By James Longenbach|Posted Wednesday, July 12, 2000, at 3:00 AM Tweet (Continued from Page 1) Advertisement SINGLE PAGE Page: 1 | 2 Tweet MYSLATE Save this story. Follow all Poem articles. Follow the Arts section. Follow stories by James Longenbach. MySlate is a new tool that lets you track your favorite parts of Slate. You can follow authors and sections, track comment threads you're interested in, and more. SLATE'S MOST VIRAL Rule No. 1 for Female Academics: Don’t Have a Baby Sesame Street Creates a Muppet Whose Dad Is in Jail. Way Too Many Kids Relate. Here's What It Looks Like When a Technology Actually Dies James Longenbach's most recent collection of poems is The Iron Key. Graywolf will publish a new prose book, The Virtues of Poetry, next year. Click here to visit Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky's Favorite Poem Project site. Click here to load comments.