The Paris Review published excerpts from Svetlana Alexievich's Voices from Chernobyl:

"He started to change—every day I met a brand-new person. The burns started to come to the surface. In his mouth, on his tongue, his cheeks—at first there were little lesions, and then they grew. It came off in layers—as white film . . . the color of his face . . . his body . . . blue . . . red . . . gray-brown. And it’s all so very mine! It’s impossible to describe! It’s impossible to write down! Or even to get over. The only thing that saved me was that it happened so fast; there wasn’t any time to think, there wasn’t any time to cry."

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It's probably not news to you that effective visual content is key to success on social media. What you might not know, however, is just how important it is to expert marketers who are tasked with telling brand stories. Luckily, there’s an infographic for that. eMarketer recently reported on research from the CMO Council and Libris which uncovered some very compelling data about the way marketers are using visuals in marketing today.

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