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

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