The old Pic-a-Book store that was located years ago in the 500 block of State Street used to set up a window display to express the owners' disgust with book bans, which have been around, I suppose, since books were written.

Libraries, book stores, authors and publishers came together in 1982 to organize a week dedicated to pushing back at the practice of banning books, a mainstay of the culture wars that ebb and flow in America, particularly in public schools.

And right now that ebb and flow has become a flood.

Banned Books Week this year was observed Oct. 5-11 and included many events in Madison and Dane County public libraries to call attention to the censorship that suppresses free expression, ideas and creativity.

Locally, the week has been connected to the annual Madison Books Fe

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