In “Varaldo’s Shahrazad and Chiti’s Centunesimo Canto”
(2025-08-11) I mentioned the existence of a lipogrammatic translation of Canto I of
Dante’s Inferno performed by one Kinton Ford (a pseudonym, as far as I know)
for Rick Whitaker’s now-defunct literary e-zine
Exquisite Pandemic
(2020–2021). A year later, seeing it’s still unavailable anywhere else online,
I feel justified in preserving that whole tour-de-force here for posterity.

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A preservation of Kinton Ford's lipogrammatic translation of Canto I of Dante's Inferno, originally published in the now-defunct literary e-zine Exquisite Pandemic (2020–2021). The translation maintains Dante's exact 136-line terza rima structure while adhering to lipogrammatic constraints. The post includes the full text of the translation along with brief editorial notes on minor punctuation adjustments and observations about a few ambiguous or confusing passages.

Kinton Ford’s Canto I