Original sentence: He is the author of three books of poems : The Door to the River (Bateleur, 1984), The Fires of the Dead (Carrefour, 1989) and Rain Across a Paper Field (Gecko Poetry, 1999)  and his poems have appeared in several South African anthologies
Edited sentence: He is the author of four books of poems : The Door to the River (Bateleur, 1984), The Fires of the Dead (Carrefour, 1989), Rain Across a Paper Field (Gecko Poetry, 1999) and All the Days (Deep South, 2008)  and his poems have appeared in several South African anthologies.He wrote a memoir of his year in China, Meanwhile Don't Push and Squeeze (Jacana, 2007)