Michael A. Genovese holds the Loyola Chair of Leadership and serves as President of the Global Policy Institute at Loyola Marymount University.

• Chapter One: Tell Me A Story: On the Importance of StorytellingChapter Two: On Seeing Politics: Paintings Telling a StoryChapter Three: On Hearing Politics: Music Talks PoliticsChapter Four: On Movies and Politics: Political Storytelling Through Films

“CNN commentator and prize-wining author Michael Genovese gives us a culturally rich grand tour of the major role storytellers have played in the Western tradition. It makes clear that we need stories just as much as we love stories. This gem of a book explains that poets, painters, songwriters and filmmakers wonderfully reveal where we have come from, who we are, point out are shortcomings and celebrate our possibilities..”

Michael A. Genovese holds the Loyola Chair of Leadership and serves as President of the Global Policy Institute at Loyola Marymount University.

• Chapter One: Tell Me A Story: On the Importance of StorytellingChapter Two: On Seeing Politics: Paintings Telling a StoryChapter Three: On Hearing Politics: Music Talks PoliticsChapter Four: On Movies and Politics: Political Storytelling Through Films

“CNN commentator and prize-wining author Michael Genovese gives us a culturally rich grand tour of the major role storytellers have played in the Western tradition. It makes clear that we need stories just as much as we love stories. This gem of a book explains that poets, painters, songwriters and filmmakers wonderfully reveal where we have come from, who we are, point out are shortcomings and celebrate our possibilities..”

Michael A. Genovese holds the Loyola Chair of Leadership and serves as President of the Global Policy Institute at Loyola Marymount University.

• Chapter One: Tell Me A Story: On the Importance of StorytellingChapter Two: On Seeing Politics: Paintings Telling a StoryChapter Three: On Hearing Politics: Music Talks PoliticsChapter Four: On Movies and Politics: Political Storytelling Through Films

“CNN commentator and prize-wining author Michael Genovese gives us a culturally rich grand tour of the major role storytellers have played in the Western tradition. It makes clear that we need stories just as much as we love stories. This gem of a book explains that poets, painters, songwriters and filmmakers wonderfully reveal where we have come from, who we are, point out are shortcomings and celebrate our possibilities..”