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Francis Sanzaro (Ph.D., Religion), is the author of three books whose genres range from sexuality to technology to athletics, and he is currently hard at work on a thriller. He has appeared on BBC World News, and in their international podcast series, BBC Radio. His essays, poetry and fiction have appeared in The New York Times Sunday Review, The Scotsman, Huffington Post, The Baltimore Post Examiner, Continental Philosophy Review, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, among a dozen others. His books are The Infantile Grotesque: Pathology, Sexuality and a Theory of Religion, (2016); The Boulder: A Philosophy for Bouldering (2013); and Society Elsewhere: Why the Gravest Threat to Humanity Will Come From Within (2018). He is Editor of Rock and Ice and Ascent maga ...more

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Average rating: 3.86 · 374 ratings · 70 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Zen of Climbing 3.84 avg rating — 261 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Boulder: A Philosophy for Bouldering 3.59 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Craft of Bouldering 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Society Elsewhere: Why the Gravest Threat to Humanity Will Come From Within 3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Francis Sanzaro liked Jethro Caayupan's review of The Zen of Climbing (In the Moment): "A pretty eye-opening read on the mindset for climbing. Something that is rarely discussed, the art of paying attention, is such a fitting topic especially in an attention economy at this day & age. Also funny, I was able to send one of my hardest pro" Read more of this review »
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Francis Sanzaro liked Brittney Smith's review of The Zen of Climbing (In the Moment): "The overall messaging of the book really helped me get out of my own head. Just within the span of reading the book, I went from being scared of 5.9 and 5.10a outdoors to projecting a 10c with no fear. "
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Francis Sanzaro liked Logan Fortenberry's review of The Zen of Climbing (In the Moment): "bounced around a lot but i think there were some good lessons occasionally"
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