Elizabeth Cho

About Elizabeth Cho

Elizabeth Cho is a writer and art consultant based in New York City. She serves as a book reviewer and contributing editor for KGB Lit, the brainchild of the legendary literary venue, KGB Bar, in the East Village, NYC. A generalist whose interests range across many disciplines, arts, and cultures, she believes in tangents, intersections and following the white rabbit. She seeks to integrate and synthesize the divergent and the disparate in her work. Please visit Au Currantfor her musings on art, culture, literature and the ultimate soufflé.

Columns

Experts and the Individualism Paradox

It starts as an innocent search for a pair of running shoes. But very quickly, Cho finds herself in a world predicted by Alvin Toffler's Future Shock. Can she escape? [31 October 2007]

Hallyu, the Korean Wave

Is this how it feels to be French or Italian? To be chic just because of your nationality? Dare I feel that just being Korean may hold some cultural currency, these days? [22 August 2007]

Warcrack: The Second Coming

Having grown up as the only girl in a three boy household, I was quite adept at Atari, Sega, Nintendo, Playstation, etc. But nothing could have adequately prepared me for the enslaving lure of Warcraft, aka Warcrack. [12 March 2007]

Reviews

The Kite Runner

This is a sensitive, kind adaptation of a well-loved book, and the DVD has well-crafted features that help extend the message of what is essential to human existence: hope. [24 March 2008]