Background
Furia was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Ethel Szilagyi Furia and Philip Andrew Furia. He grew up in West Mifflin, a suburb of Pittsburgh, next to Kennywood, an amusement park where he worked as a barker during his high school years.
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- Pound's Cantos Declassified (1984)The Poets of Tin Pan Alley: A History of America's Great Lyricists (1992)Ira Gershwin: The Art of the Lyricist (1996)Irving Berlin: A Life in Song (1997)Skylark: The Life and Times of Johnny Mercer (2004)America's Songs: The Stories Behind the Songs of Broadway, Hollywood, and Tin Pan Alley (2006), with Michael Lasser, host of Peabody Award-winning public radio program Fascinatin’ RhythmThe Songs of Hollywood, with Laurie J. Patterson (2010)The American Song Book: The Tin Pan Alley Era, with Laurie J. Patterson (2015).
Philip Furia
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In 1962, Furia graduated from Duquesne High School in Pittsburgh and attended Oberlin College in Ohio, majoring in English. Following his graduation from Oberlin, Furia attended the University of Chicago, receiving his Master of Arts in English and Creative Writing in 1966. Furia then attended the University of Iowa Writers" hop where he received his Master of Fine Arts.
Hunkies Eat Their Young was the title of his Master of Fine Arts thesis.
Career
His books focus on the lyricists of the Tin Pan Alley era. He has a younger brother, Mark Daniel Furia. He received his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Iowa in 1970.
Upon receiving his degree, Furia started teaching at the University of Minnesota"s Department of English.
In 1995, Furia became Interim Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences for Metropolitan State University in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Furia left the University of Minnesota to become the Chair of the Department of English at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
During his tenure there, Furia has also been the Director of the Film Studies Program, Chair of the Department of Creative Writing, and Interim Chair of the Department of Theatre. He is currently a professor in the Department of Creative Writing.
Furia also presents a weeknight segment on WHQR"s The Great American Songbook with Philip Furia.
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Pound's Cantos Declassified (1984)The Poets of Tin Pan Alley: A History of America's Great Lyricists (1992)Ira Gershwin: The Art of the Lyricist (1996)Irving Berlin: A Life in Song (1997)Skylark: The Life and Times of Johnny Mercer (2004)America's Songs: The Stories Behind the Songs of Broadway, Hollywood, and Tin Pan Alley (2006), with Michael Lasser, host of Peabody Award-winning public radio program Fascinatin’ RhythmThe Songs of Hollywood, with Laurie J. Patterson (2010)The American Song Book: The Tin Pan Alley Era, with Laurie J. Patterson (2015).
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Peabody Award
The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards) program, named for American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, recognizes distinguished and meritorious public service by American radio and television stations, networks, online media, producing organizations, and individuals.The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards) program, named for American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, recognizes distinguished and meritorious public service by American radio and television stations, networks, online media, producing organizations, and individuals.