Sales, Ephraim

Biography

Newquist was born July 25, 1925 in Ashland Wisconsin; attended Marquette University (1943-46) and University of Wisconsin (1946-49); copy supervisor for various advertising agencies in Minneapolis and Chicago, 1951-63; became literary editor for Chicago's American and a critic for the New York Post in 1963; hosted a radio program called Counterpoint, WQXR, New York; published books include Counterpoint (1964) and Conversations (1967).

From the guide to the Ephraim Sales Collection of Tapes and Transcripts of Interviews by Roy Newquist, ca. 1963-1967, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)