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Clare L. Spark (Clare Spark Loeb) is an American historian, radio talk-show host, public intellectual, and independent scholar, best known for her study, Hunting Captain Ahab: Psychological Warfare and the Melville Revival, published by Kent State University Press in 2006

Spark earned her PhD in History from ??? in ???. She married Ronald Loeb, a lawyer and company executive. They are now divorced. The couple had three children, Daniel, Shulami, and Rachel

Political views
One journalist concluded that Spark's political awakening was inspired by the civil-rights movement of the 19??s. produced and hosted radio shows on KPFK, the Los Angeles radio station with a reputation for leftist programming. “I am deeply anti-racist," she told an interviewer, "and continue to be offended by all symptoms of proto-Fascism and authoritarian conduct”. Spark adds that her political philosophy tends to free-market leanings. She blogs on her philosophy on YDS: The Clare Spark Blog.

Hunting Captain Ahab
The book appeared in