Ruth McHugh-Dillon

Ruth McHugh-Dillon is a Lecturer in Spanish and Latin American Studies at Monash University. Her current research examines memory, gender and the long afterlife of authoritarianism in fiction from Argentina, Chile and other post-dictatorial societies in Latin America.

All essays by Ruth McHugh-Dillon

Interview: Ruth McHugh-Dillon talks to
Ellen van Neerven about reclaiming sport
  • Personal Score: Sport, Culture, Identity by Ellen Van Neerven University of Queensland Press
    384pp
    Published May 2023
    ISBN 9780702265853

Settling Scores

When I contacted Ellen van Neerven in May to see if they would talk with me about Personal Score, I…
Aug. 2023 • •
Review: Ruth McHugh-Dillonon María José Ferrada
  • How to Order the Universe by María José Ferrada (translated by Elizabeth Bryer) Tin House
    180pp
    Published February 2021
    ISBN: 9781951142308

A Black-Hole Feeling

One of the challenges in trying to describe what goes on in this story is that so much takes place in the interstitial spaces, the breach between what happens and what can be said about it – even what can be remembered.

Aug. 2021 • • •