Marissa LaPorte, an Escanaba native, is a local author who recently published a poetry collection titled “Dead Grandmas Are Universal." (Courtesy photo)

ESCANABA — Marissa LaPorte, a local author, has published a poetry collection titled “Dead Grandmas Are Universal.”

LaPorte grew up in Escanaba and graduated from the Escanaba High School in 2015.

Her poetry collection is now available in paperback print and e-book formats through Amazon.

“Dead Grandmas Are Universal” is described by LaPorte as a raw, intimate poetry collection that traces the emotional inheritance of trauma, grief, queerness, mental illness and survival through the lens of womanhood. Across deeply confessional free verse poems, LaPorte explores complicated legacies passed down through generations of women: addiction, abuse, self-destruction, resilience and the desperate longing to be loved without disappearing in the process.