Lake of Two Mountains

Poetry. LGBT Studies. A hymn to a beloved lake, a praise poem in forty- five parts, a contemplation of landscape and memory. LAKE OF TWO MOUNTAINS, Arleen Paré's second poetry collection, is a portrait of a lake, of a relationship to a lake, of a network of relationships around a lake. It maps, probes and applauds the riparian region of central Canadian geography that lies between the Ottawa and the St. Lawrence Rivers. The poems portray this territory, its contested human presences and natu…