Allegra Hyde is the author of Eleutheria" as well as the short story collection, Of This New World which won the John Simmons Short Fiction Award through the Iowa Short Fiction Award Series.

In her debut novel, Eleutheria, is a story of idealism, activism, and systemic corruption, centered on a naïve young woman's quest for agency in a world ravaged by climate change.

We talked with Hyde about writing her debut novel, the power in utopian thinking in both fiction and real life, the promise and failures of activist groups, the struggles of being a working writer, and more.

Hosted by Phillip Russell and Ben Thorp