Who was both a long time AIDS activist and prominent of innovative ways to connect poetry and related art forms to a larger audience? 
Giorno Poetry Systems: Founded in 1965, Giorno Poetry Systems was an American artist collective, record label, and non-profit organisation founded by poet and performance artist John Giorno with the direct aim to connect poetry and related art forms to a larger audience using innovative ideas, such as communication technology, audiovisual materials and techniques. John Giorno:  He is also an AIDS activist and fundraiser, and a long-time practitioner of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
John Giorno