Book news: waterboarding Rumsfeld and new grant for new writers in New York

McSweeny's  writers imagine the plight of Donald Rumsfeld in an alternative reality where he is held as a detainee.  The New York Times asks various smart people how to define the role of a critic in today's society.  There is a new very cool sounding grant for new writers who reside in the five boroughs of New York City.   Philly totally needs to get in on that action. Finally, there is a new secret Obama novel and I  guess I should be excited but I am not.