McHugh is one of the writers featured on a 1992 recording by the Academy of American Poets called Heather McHugh and Gerald Stern CD. Robert Pinsky introduces both readers. It is available on audiocassette and compact disc.

McHugh is included on “Distance Was the House in Which I Welcomed You”: Seven Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets, recorded by the Academy of American Poets in 2003 and available on compact disc.