Experiments and Disorders May 2026

Curated by Tom Cole & Christen Clifford

Fiction, nonfiction, poetry & performance texts by the most adventurous, cross-genre established & emerging writers.

Meet Our Authors:

Callie Garnett is the author of the poetry collections Wings in Time (2021) and Shit Hike (2026), both from The Song Cave. She works as Editorial Director of Fiction and Memoir at Bloomsbury Publishing (US) and lives in Esopus, NY.

Justin Allen works in performance, video, and writing. He has been commissioned by The Chocolate Factory Theater, The Shed, and ISSUE Project Room, and has received support from Franklin Furnace, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and the Jerome Foundation. He received his BA in literary studies from Eugene Lang College at The New School and his MFA in sculpture from Yale School of Art. He is the author of Language Arts (Wendy’s Subway, 2024), an experimental collection of writing across genres.

Ariana Guerra is a Seattle-born, New York-based writer and theatermaker. Her work often focuses on themes around identity, the intersection between the personal and the political, immigration and cultural criticism. She has performed at Mabou Mines, the College of Performing Arts at the New School, and the Jefferson Market Library. Ariana is currently an MA candidate in the Creative Publishing and Critical Journalism program at the New School for Social Research. She spends most of her time working, studying, exploring NYC by foot, and trying not to overthink everything.