He went on to study at Queens College, CUNY; initially earth and environmental science, but then English and American literature.

He worked full-time in corporate law while at Brooklyn, and continued to work alongside his studies while he read for a Master of Arts at Hunter College, CUNY (graduating 1990); an MPhil at New York University (graduating 1996); and a PhD at New York University.

His dissertation was supervised by Frederick R. Karl;[1][2] it was called The process of the recovery of self in D. H. Lawrence, and accepted in 1998.

[9] In a "new departure" when regular publication of the journal stopped, ASEBL now stands for "animal studies ethical behavior literacy".

Bibliotekos has published a series of collections edited by Tague, as well as assorted interviews with and profiles of authors, articles on literary topics, and book reviews.