Do you have a thing for words? You're in good company. Gertrude Stein did too. Who else could write a line like, "A rose is a rose is a rose," and call it poetry? Stein--who wrote in the early part of the 20th century--is famous for playing with language to the point of making it nonsense. Check out her book, " Tender Buttons," to get a glimpse at her quirky literary humor.