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Against the Grain may refer to:
Broadcast media
edit- 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
edit- 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
editAlbums
edit- 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
edit- "Against the Grain", a song by Akon from Freedom
- "Against the Grain", song by Garth Brooks from Ropin' the Wind
Other uses
edit- 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