Ishmael Hope's Inupiaq name is Angaluuk and his Tlingit name is Khaagwáask'. Recent writing projects include his first collection of poetry, Courtesans of Flounder Hill, published by Ishmael Reed Publications, and Kisima Ingitchuna: Never Alone, a video game produced by the Cook Inlet Tribal Council and ELine Media. He lives in Douglas, Alaska with his wife Lily and their four children.