![Spotlight Interview: Erica Hoverter, Mosaic Artist. Spotlight Interview: Erica Hoverter, Mosaic Artist.](https://broadstreetonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Solstice-patio-3-290x290.jpg)
Spotlight Interview: Erica Hoverter, Mosaic Artist.
“The excitement I feel when I walk by a shimmering glass mosaic … when the light changes, the feeling changes — it’s living glass. It’s beautiful, and one of the most satisfying materials to work with.” “Scheherazade,” detail. Mixed media, 2006. Erica Hoverter became a mosaic artist in 2002, after a back injury put her previous career in physical therapy on...
![From Our Pages: "Holy War: Ramadan and race riots in Senegal," by Patricia Smith. From Our Pages: "Holy War: Ramadan and race riots in Senegal," by Patricia Smith.](https://broadstreetonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Patty_01-290x290.jpeg)
From Our Pages: “Holy War: Ramadan and race riots in Senegal,” by Patricia Smith.
BROAD STREET presents this essay (recipient of a Special Mention from the Pushcart editors) from our “Hunt, Gather” issue (fall/winter 2014) … Here’s what happened during one holy season when Patricia Smith, a Fulbright scholar in Senegal, found a sudden war erupting in the small village where she’d been teaching high schoolers and immersing herself in the...