This Week in History

Fiction by Milan Kundera, from 1984: “He remained annoyed with himself until he realized that not knowing what he wanted was actually quite natural.”

In the N.B.A.’s big-man era of solo drives and long-distance shots, this unshowy Celtics star is known for passing the ball, Herbert Warren Wind writes.

Guy Trebay on the drag performer breaking out of the downtown-Manhattan underground and into the commercial pop scene with his début video, an MTV staple, “Supermodel (You Better Work!).”

Michael Specter’s Profile of the eccentric and prolific shoe designer Manolo Blahnik.

What will the Supreme Court be like without its liberal leader?