Open Letters has started the year with a striking redesign and a bigger tent. The new January issue shows off the new look and includes a review of a new history of the Vikings (not the football team).

The site has also brought under its aegis three worthwhile blogs: Lisa Peet’s Like Fire, Steve Donoghue’s Stevereads, and a daily dose of Walt Whitman. Best wishes to all of them at their new, renovated home.