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.
Michael Strange Blanche Marie Louise Oelrichs (October 1, 1890 – November 5, 1950) was an American poet, playwright and theatre actress. Oelrichs first used the androgynous "Nom de plume" of Michael Strange to publish her poetry in order to distance her Society reputation from its sometimes erotic content, but it soon became the name under which she presented herself for the remainder of her life.