Haunting Without GhostsWinner, William M. LeoGrande Prize, Center for Latin American and Latino Studies at American University, 2022 For half a century, cultural production in Colombia has labored under the weight of magical realismabove all, the works of Gabriel Garca Mrquezwhere ghosts told stories about the countrys violent past and warned against a similarly gruesome future. Decades later, the story of violence in Colombia is no less horrific, but the critical resources