The press published texts by and with other artists in the form of paperbacks, ebooks, digital group exhibitions, a stone book, and other various media.

Badlands consisted of fellow artists Ian Cheng, Micaela Durand, Parker Bruce, and Ambika Subra.

With the publication of a book of poetry by choreographer and filmmaker Yvonne Rainer, Badlands began its secondary mission of publishing "things no one knew existed.

[9] The press premiered Paul Chan's short story Holiday as both a digital e-book and on a sandstone tablet with its own ISBN.

[11][7][6] Badlands’ most recent publication adhering to this pursuit is The Best Most Useless Dress (2014) by poet and New York Times critic Claudia La Rocco.