Against the Grain

Against the Grain may refer to:

Broadcast media

• Against the Grain (TV series), a 1993 American drama series with Ben Affleck
• "Against the Grain", a regular segment on The Dan Patrick Show

Literature

• Against the Grain (novel) or À rebours, an 1884 novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans
• Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States by James C. Scott
• Against the Grain: An Autobiography, by Boris Yeltsin
• Against the Grain: How Agriculture Has Hijacked Civilization, by Richard Manning
• Against the Grain: Mad Artist Wallace Wood, edited by Bhob Stewart
• Against the Grain, a publication from the Charleston Conference

Music

Albums

• Against the Grain (Acoustic Alchemy album), 1994
• Against the Grain (Bad Religion album), 1990
• Against the Grain (Kurupt album), 2005
• Against the Grain (Phoebe Snow album), 1978
• Against the Grain (Redgum album), 2004
• Against the Grain (Rory Gallagher album), 1975
• Against the Grain (Snakefinger album), 1983
• Against the Grain (The Veer Union album), 2009
• Against da Grain, a 1999 album by YoungBloodZ

Songs

• "Against the Grain", a song by Akon from Freedom
• "Against the Grain", song by Garth Brooks from Ropin' the Wind

Other uses

• Against the grain, a direction of woodworking in relation to a piece's wood grain
• Against the Grain Brewery, a brewery in Kentucky
• Against the Grain (film), a 2012 romantic drama film about an inner-city kid who goes to college in hopes of becoming a neurosurgeon