Download or read book Sentimental Standards written by Lynne McMahon and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 2004 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lynne McMahon has a genius for making poetry of the ordinary, for transforming those things we most take for granted into aspects for intricate contemplation. As G. E. Murray put it in The Southern Review, "Perhaps 'rearranging molecules' of thought and language is the best way to describe how she uses the unconscious to grab the reader's attention."