A deeply moving and uniquely quirky visual daily book from the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train. More than 365 images capture Smith's distinctive aesthetic, inspired by her wildly popular Instagram. In 2018, with no plan or agenda, Patti Smith posted her first photograph on Instagram: her hand with the simple message "Hello Everybody!". Known for her use of her beloved Land Camera 250, she began posting images from her phone, including portraits of her children, her radiator, her boots, and her Abyssinian cat, Cairo. Followers felt an immediate connection to these small "windows" into Smith's world, photos of her daily coffee, the books she reads, the graves of beloved heroes - William Blake, Dylan Thomas, Sylvia Plath, Simone Weil, Albert Camus. Over time, a cohesive story of a life devoted to art took shape and more than a million followers responded to Smith's unique aesthetic with images that document her passions and obsessions. This edition includes original vintage photographs: anniversary daisies, a mother's keychain, and a husband's Mosrite guitar. Here too are unpublished photos of life on and off the road, railway stations, odd cafes, a notebook always nearby. In extensive yet intimate diary notes, Smith shares snapshots from her travels around the world. With 365 photographs, A Book of Days offers a new experience of the visionary poet's, author's, and artist's fertile mind. Hopeful, triumphant, playful - and complete with an introduction by Smith exploring her documentary process - A Book of Days is a timeless offering for profoundly uncertain times, an inspiring map of an artist's life.