“A speaker-songwriter in action—Minton being the only one—is a sight to behold. She writes flesh-and-blood vignettes about smalltown southern family members, teasing out the complexity below the surfaces of people’s lives in ways that tickle the sense of humor, prick the conscience and lodge in the soul.”

“Minton Sparks is a great storyteller. Humanity with humidity all told humorously with humility. Just what the doctor ordered.”

“Minton Sparks uses words as though they are music that you can join in and jam along to. Her stories delve into the ,mysterious depths of everyday life which shine a light on our soul.”

“By the time she finished, the audience reacted like Alice might have if she’d been pushed back up through the rabbit hole, surprised and slightly unnerved to find everything on Earth going along as she’d left it. “What was that?” I heard a man in a suit ask his date after Sparks had gone. “That was a whole lot of living,” she answered, and her words stayed with me for long after the show.”

“Minton Sparks is the most fully realized writer and performing artist I’ve come across in years. Her work is a beautiful blend of humor, intelligence, and compassion. When I grow up I want to be like Minton Sparks.”

“Imagine, if you will, Flannery O’Connor and the ghost of Hank Williams having an affair that results in the birth of an illegitimate child . . . . I have seen Minton Sparks. And if she’s not the ghost child of the woman who wrote “Wise Blood” and the man who sang “I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive”, then cotton doesn’t grow in a cotton field. ”

“She is by far the rockin’est buck-dancing poet in a house dress that we’ve ever heard.”

“My online exposure to Minton Sparks did not prepare me for the power of her presence in the flesh. During retreat downtime, this delightful, gracious, uproariously funny woman is one you yearn to add to your friend roster. Then she takes prisoners as performer, morphing into a force of emotion and raw intimacy that holds the audience spellbound (Philip Seymour Hoffman comes to mind). THEN she shape shifts into singularly open-hearted teacher, listening with her whole being before offering the most skillful feedback a writer is likely ever to hear. She is the whole package, and then some. ”

“Being in one of Minton’s classes or workshops is an opportunity not to be missed. Her talent is endless but her warmth and humor and insight – her ability to draw the best from you – is a rare talent.”

“Minton will dare you. Because she knows you can and because she wants you to shine. Because of Minton, I’ve rediscovered the theatrical part of myself I’d set aside for no other reason than because adults don’t act like that. She saw an abandoned side of me, pointed at her, said, “Honey, come on up here.” If you let her, Minton will resurrect you. ”