Noho Gloaming & the Curious Coda of Anthony Santos

by Daniel Knauf

From the creator of Carnivàle and writer/executive producer of Blacklist, comes a poetry collection from a cult icon. Daniel Knauf brings the darkness and surrealism fans have grown to love, but brings a vulnerability and intimacy that makes each poem memorable and enjoyable. It is noir with heart and a coda for the soul. Darkness and light vying for dominance in poems that go from personal and confessional to rambunctiously fantastical. A heady dive into the abyss of love and other monsters. Daniel Knauf is a true storyteller.


"Written as a soul song for longing, Knauf's collection is both a dream and an awakening."

-Stephanie M. Wytovich, Bram Stoker award-winning author of Brothel.

Genres: Poetry

94 pages, Paperback

First published October 30, 2018

Reviews

[Ian Welke · Rating 4 out of 5]

Every time I read a book of poetry I think, "I should really read poetry more often" and then a year or more passes before the next time I pick up another collection.

Noho Gloaming is a collection of mostly minimalist poems, but they pack a punch using that economy of words to conjure images and deliver emotion that I suspect would take prose hundreds of pages to manage.

[Donald Armfield · Rating 4 out of 5]

A huge fan of the show Carnivale and saw this collection and jumped on it instantly. And it did not let me down.
NoHo Gloaming reads like a love note with a noir twist. Poems that leave a memorable cinematic picture in the mind for later playing. Second half of Knauf’s amazing book we meet Anthony Santos aka Tony Shoulders and the terrors that stands beside him. A list of my favorites below, but the entire collection is gem in itself.

29 Palms
She Stands
Cuckold
Bleeding
Noho Gloaming
Death Rattle
Happily Ever After

[Michael Onofrey · Rating 5 out of 5]

These poems are for those who read poetry and for those, like myself, who haven't spent much time with poetry. Anyone can read these poems and enjoy them, get into them, and return to them. They are personal, and yet there's a sense of: Oh, yeah, I've been there.

[Charlene Elsby · Rating 5 out of 5]

The first part of this book smacks of authenticity, and the second part is superb visual imagery. Would recommend to friends and family.